
90 minutes
9/1/1950
When he finds a package in the metro, given this period of restrictions, Mr. Truche thinks it may be a good deal, he takes it home but discovers a woman's head inside. A friend of Mr. Truche having just disappeared, the superintendent accuses her of having murdered her and discovers the head buried in his cellar. But the girlfriend, whom Mr. Truche loves platonically, returns from the countryside and at the same time we spot the assassin of the unknown woman.

Jules Berry
as Frédéric Octave Pancrace Truche

Denise Grey
as Isabelle Truche

Marcel André
as Inspector Paulot

Pauline Carton
as Madame Crépin, Claire's concierge

Jeanne Fusier-Gir
as Mélanie, the maid

Marcelle Géniat
as Claire's grandmother

René Génin
as The gravedigger

Marcel Mouloudji
as Bernard

Michèle Philippe
as Claire Fontanier

Louis Seigner
as Maître Canard

Jean Tissier
as The inmate who shows how to fake madness

Henri Vilbert
as Inspector Lambert
Claudine Céréda
as Claudine

Raymond Cordy
as Brigadier Chapuis

Charles Dechamps
as The investigating judge

Jim Gérald
as The doctor

Maximilienne
as Madame Rabichou

Robert Pizani
as Martin

Jean Témerson
as Martin's valet

André Chanu
as The Narrator (voice)

Jacques Denoël
as The journalist
Fernand Gilbert
as The prison guard
Raymond Girard
Laugier

Frédéric Mariotti
as The guardian

Georges Pally
as The chauffeur
Jean Berton
as The Police Officer (uncredited)
Campion
as (uncredited)

Yvonne Dany
as (uncredited)
Roger Krebs
as (uncredited)
Jean Pétavin
as (uncredited)
Tania Soucault
as (uncredited)

François Vibert
as (uncredited)