

Claude Géraudy, a banker responsible for a financial scandal, is forced to flee and hides in the mountains with the help of Manu, a young smuggler. Florence, his wife, refuses to join him. Desperate Claude commits suicide, Florence then decides to pass her suicide off as murder in order to receive her late husband's life insurance.
Director: André Cayatte

Florence Géraudy

Manu

Inspector Nansen

Claude Géraudy
Doctor Pierre

Judge

Mayor

Welford

Florence's mother

Brigadier