The Knife to the Throat

Pacos Le Maltais, leader of a gang, lays down the law on the quay of Marseille. He fires one of his henchmen, Le Chinois, who killed a woman during the last bank stickup.

Cast

Jean Servais

as Marc Hourtin

Madeleine Robinson

as Mado

Jean Chevrier

as Pacos le Maltais

Yves Deniaud

as Le commissaire Lussac

Michèle Cordoue

as Nora

Henri San Juan

as Rolf Holzer dit 'Le chinois'

Claude Bertrand

as Machecoul

Yves Brainville

as L'inspecteur Aubier

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