Washed Hands

An efficiency expert is called in to downsize a trucking company and the employees fight to establish a union to save their jobs.

Cast

Denise Provost

as Marguerite Courtemanche

Jean Brousseau

as Jean-Paul Bouchard

Michel Maillot

as Gérard Charbonneau

Monique Joly

as Miss Monique

Teddy Burns Goulet

as Mr. Morin

Lucie Mitchell

as Miss Tremblay

Doris Lussier

as M. de Varennes

Roger Le Bel

as Ernest Rivard

Micheline Guérin

as Mrs. Bouchard

Monique Chailler

as Mrs. Charbonneau

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