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Pascal, a street newspaper seller in Paris, develops a friendship with Didier after saving him from drowning. But as Didier confides his secret - his wife is trying to have him sectioned in order to claim the money he's just inherited -, Pascal finds himself charged with murder...

Directed by: Gilles Grangier (France, 1959, black and white)
Based on the novel by André Gillois.
Dialogues : Michel Audiard
Cast: Lino Ventura (Pascal), Andréa Parisy (Catherine Barrachet), Robert Hirsch (Didier Barrachet), Dora Doll (Mémène), Lucien Raimbourg (Victor), Alfred Adam (Philippe Barrachet), Jean Desailly (Superintendant Dodelot)
Genre: detective