27 Sep 1945
Apology for Murder
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.
Cover Up
A well-known business lawyer is shot dead in the courthouse. A commissioner of the Criminal Brigade is in charge of the investigation and is helped by a journalist.
Top Billed Cast
Claude Brasseur Commissaire Martin Griffon
Gabrielle Lazure Sybille Berger
Jean-Claude Brialy Le contrôleur Jean-François Rambert
Jean-Louis Trintignant Christian Lacassagne
Dayle Haddon Suzy Thomson, alias D'Annunzio
Robert Hirsch Avram Kazavian
Jacques Dacqmine Me Antoine d'Alins
Daniel Jégou Philippe d'Alins
Luc-Antoine Diquéro Antoine Gomez
Yves Beneyton Millard, le directeur du ministre de l'Intérieur
Jacques Bondoux Un observateur
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