Director - Jean-Pierre Melville
Script - Jean-Pierre Melville
Camera - Nicolas Hayer
Music - Paul Misraki
With - Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Monique Hennessy, Jean Desailly, René Lefèvre, Phillippe March
Producer - Georges de Beauregard, Carlo Ponti
Production - Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Rome Paris Films
Burglar Maurice Faugel has just finished his prison sentence. He murders Gilbert Vanovre, a receiver, and steals the loot from another robbery. As Maurice prepares for another burglary, his friend Silien brings him all the necessary equipment. But Maurice doesn't know that Silien is a police informant.