Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Jean Gabin
as Commissaire Gallet

Marina Vlady
as Lili Marcellin

Ulla Jacobsson
as Nicole Brunel

Bernard Blier
as Antoine Monestier

Robert Hossein
as René Brunel

Gaby Morlay
as madame Brunel

Gabrielle Fontan
as madame Horvais

Gérard Blain
as Jean Fargeot

Lino Ventura
as Gustave Messonnier

Marie-José Nat
as La jeune fille du bal