Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
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Jean Poiret
Inspecteur Jean Lavardin
Stéphane Audran
Madame Cuno
Michel Bouquet
Hubert Lavoisier
Lucas Belvaux
Louis Cuno
Jean Topart
Docteur Philippe Morasseau
Pauline Lafont
Henriette
Caroline Cellier
Anna Foscarie
Josephine Chaplin
Delphine Moreasseau
Andrée Tainsy
Marthe
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
Gérard Filiol
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