Derrière la façade

Commissioner Boucheron, district police officer

Inspector Lambert of the Sûreté

Alfredo d'Avila, dancer of these ladies

Gaby Valrose, minister's lover

Mrs. Rameau, wife of an industrialist and mistress of Alfredo

Picking, knife-throwing artist

Mr. Corbeau, kleptomaniac

Madeleine Martin, in love with André

André Laurent, bank cashier, lover of Madeleine

Lydia, singer at “Perroquet”, mistress of the President

Eric, German naturalized French

English, Albert's companion, Eric's mistress

Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player

Joséphine, chicken trainer, wife of Picking