•
Eddie Constantine as Jim Esposito, racketeer in
Marseille •
Noël-Noël as Cahuzac, racketeer in
Bordeaux •
Jean Richard as Alexandre Benoit, Amédée's son •
Yves Robert as Amédée Benoit (and his father) • Sylvie as Clarisse Benoit •
Lucien Baroux as the priest •
Mireille Granelli as Clarisse at the age of 18 years •
Denise Provence as La Païva •
Line Noro as Chiffon •
Junie Astor as Mlle Puc, the
tailoress •
Héléna Manson as Nana •
Robert Dalban as Pépito Benoit •
Gaston Modot as Justin Benoit • Cora Vaucaire as a singer •
Claude Borelli as a wife of Jim •
Antonin Berval as Benoit's third-born son • Martine Alexis as a wife of Jim •
Irène Tunc as a wife of Jim • Ariane Lancell as a saloon girl • Béatrice Arnac as Mme Léonce • Guy Tréjean as Bobby, the lover of Cahuzac's daughter •
Albert Rémy as policeman •
Nadine Tallier as a wife of Jim • Claude Godard as a wife of Jim • Françoise Delbart as the twin's mother •
André Bervil as Ange •
Daniel Sorano as the barkeeper •
Robert Vattier as the Duke of Morny • André Dalibert as a police officer •
Michel Nastorg as town mayor •
Léon Larive as photographer • Pascal Alexandre as Jim as child • Christian Denhez as Amédée as child •
Jean d'Yd as the grandfather • Nelly Vignon as Madeleine Cahuzac • Jacques Mancier as police inspector •
Henri Cogan as a cowboy == References ==