Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to?
Acting
Henri Vidal's descent from everyman to wreck is devastating.
Direction
Reinert turns a Paris street into a trap of cosmic cruelty.
Director
Emil E. Reinert
Henri Vidal
Jean-Louis Cavalade
Maria Mauban
Mado
Françoise Arnoul
Simone Lamy
Jean Tissier
Mr. Zance
Robert Dalban
Commissioner Corbès
Micheline Francey
Janine Crioux
Pierre-Louis
Jacques Crioux
Margo Lion
Mrs. Chotard
Hubert Deschamps
Agent who comes to make his report
Jean Hébey
Monsieur Chotard
Gabrielle Fontan
Old lady
Michel Salina
Commissioner
Pierre Asso
Old man of the village
Jean-Jacques Lécot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during France's post-war moral reckoning, when one small sin could represent national guilt.
Françoise Arnoul was only 19 here — she'd become a Bardot-era icon, making this her grim origin story.
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