

She was the victim...and he was...
In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually her boyfriend is charged with the crime and, in a strange twist of fate, the killer finds himself serving on the jury.
Georges Lautner
Lucien Viard

Grégoire Duval, pharmacist

Doctor Hess, veterinarian

Attorney General

Geneviève Duval, Grégoire's wife

Sylvain Sautral, photographer and accused

Maître Adreux, defense lawyer

Medical examiner

Garampon, fisherman on his boat

Alice Moreux, Sylvain's mistress

Mrs. Sevestrain, witness at the hearing

Catherine Nortier, the victim

President of the tribunal