Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...
The bill
Alain Delon
Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal
Ornella Muti
Valérie Agostinelli
Stéphane Audran
Christiane Dubaye
Jean Bouise
Commissioner Pernais
- Mireille Darc — Françoise
- Michel Aumont — Commissioner Moreau
- Julien Guiomar — Fondari
- Maurice Ronet — Philippe Dubaye
- Klaus Kinski — Nicolas Tomski
- Daniel Ceccaldi — Maître Lucien Lacor
- François Chaumette — Lansac
- Xavier Depraz — Marcel
- Henri Virlogeux — Paul
- Colette Duval — Serrano's secretary
- Abderrahmane El Kebir — Kébir
- Directed
- Georges Lautner
- Written
- Georges Lautner
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 111 ratings
- Studio
- Adel Productions
If this stayed with you
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