Lino Ventura
Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'
Marcel Bernier
Friend of Alphonse (uncredited)
Laure Paillette
Woman at the window (uncredited)
François Valorbe
Employee of the employment agency
Paul Pavel
Cabaret customer (uncredited)
Dorothée Blanck
Girl at the hotel particulier
Jean Carmet
Effeminate art critic (uncredited)
André Thorent
Gangster client of the cabaret
Charles Aznavour
Edmond Clancul aka 'Le Naïf'
Irina Demick
Catherine Verdier, manager of an art gallery
Pierre Brasseur
Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver
Marc Arian
Demuldère's servant (uncredited)
Annie Fratellini
Léone Rouqemoute, prostitute
Arlette Balkis
Worshiper of the oriental god (uncredited)
Françoise Rosay
Gertrude, supplies specialist in the mafia
Georges Géret
Joseph Rouquemoute aka 'Le Rouquin'
Roger Lecuyer
Passerby looking in the shop window (uncredited)
Émile Riandreys
Employee of the employment agency (uncredited)
André Rouyer
Cabaret customer (uncredited)