When his friend, Philippe Dubaye, murders a business partner, Xavier Maréchal attempts to provide him with an alibi. Dubaye reveals that that he also stole a notebook containing the names of numerous corrupt politicians whom the murdered man had been blackmailing. As he attempts to recover the notebook, Maréchal finds that he has become the target of an unknown enemy. When Dubaye is killed, Maréchal realises that his own life is in peril. Unable to trust anyone – not even the police – it is left to him alone to expose the killer, before he himself is killed… —filmsdefrance
Born in 1926. He worked as script writer, assistant cameraman and assistant director. After directing four short films, he made his first feature film La mome aux boutons in 1958. He is known as the director of the action films. —FESTIVAL ON WHEELS