Blood to the Head
François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cracking little by little.
Jean Gabin
François Cardinaud
Renée Faure
Mademoiselle
Paul Frankeur
André Drouin
Monique Mélinand
Marthe Cardinaud
José Quaglio
Mimile Babin
Georgette Anys
Titine Babin
Florelle
Sidonie Vauquier
Paul Oettly
Julien Vauquier
Henri Crémieux
Hubert Mandine
Léonce Corne
Charles Mandine
Jacques Deray
Alfred, un conducteur de car
Claude Sylvain
Raymonde Babin
Paul Faivre
Monsieur Cardinaud - père
Paul Azaïs
Alphonse, le patron des 'Charentes'
Rivers Cadet
Le patron du Robinson
Yolande Laffon
Isabelle Mandine
Julienne Paroli
Madame Cardinaud - mère
Gabriel Gobin
Arthur Cardinaud
Marcel Pérès
Thévenot
Hugues Wanner
L'expert
Joël Schmitt
Le patron du 'Grand Café'
Jean-Louis Bras
Jean Cardinaud
France Asselin
Mauricette Cardinaud (uncredited)
Bruno Balp
Pionsard, un cafetier (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud
Le chef de gare (uncredited)
Émile Genevois
Le garçon de course (uncredited)
René Hell
Le chauffeur des Cardinaud (uncredited)
Jacques Marin
L'agent de police (uncredited)
Albert Michel
Duleux, le chef de gare (uncredited)
Georges Montant
(uncredited)
Marcel Roche
Le mandataire en huîtres de Marennes (uncredited)
Zeimet
Julien (uncredited)
Gilles Grangier
Director
Gilles Grangier
Screenplay
Michel Audiard
Dialogue
Michel Audiard
Screenplay
Janine Casse
Makeup Artist
Liliane Saurel
Assistant Editor
Robert Bouladoux
Art Direction
Yvonne Gasperina
Makeup Artist
René Saurel
Producer
James Allan
Set Decoration
Robert Teisseire
Sound
Paul Cayatte
Editor
Henri Verdun
Original Music Composer
Fernand Rivers
Producer
Gustave Jif
Producer
André Thomas
Director of Photography
Georges Simenon
Novel
Jacques Deray
Assistant Director
Nico Fidenco
Original Music Composer
Nino P. Tassone
Original Music Composer