Mild-mannered novelist of Western fiction, Amédée Lange, and his colleagues take over a publishing house after their exploitative boss disappears, only for the superior to return and try to reclaim the profits from their successful cooperative.
René Lefèvre
Monsieur Lange
Florelle
Valentine
Jules Berry
Batala
Marcel Lévesque
Concierge
Odette Talazac
Concierge's Wife
Nadia Sibirskaïa
Estelle
Henri Guisol
Son Meunier
Maurice Baquet
Charles, concierges' son
Jacques Brunius
Mr. Baigneur
Sylvain Itkine
Inspector Itkine / Batala's Cousin
Marcel Duhamel
Foreman
Sylvia Bataille
Edith
Jean Dasté
Model Maker
Henri Saint-Isle
Pierre Huchet
René Génin
Client at the Auberge
Max Morise
Charbonnier
Typesetter
Edmond Beauchamp
Priest in the Train (uncredited)
Jean Bremaud
Typesetter (uncredited)
Guy Decomble
Paul Demange
Creditor (uncredited)
Yves Deniaud
(uncredited)
Claire Gérard
Prostitute (uncredited)
Paul Grimault
Michel Kovachevitch
Fabien Loris
Marcel Lupovici
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