Overview

Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...

Top Cast

Pierre Brasseur

Juju

Georges Brassens

The Artist

Henri Vidal

Pierre Barbier

Dany Carrel

Maria

Raymond Bussières

Alphonse, the Bistro, Maria's Father

Gabrielle Fontan

Mme Sabatier, Juju and Nénette's Mother

P

Philippe de Chérisey

Paulo, a Regular at the Bistro

Annette Poivre

Nénette

Alain Bouvette

Paulo's Boyfriend

Gérard Buhr

An Inspector

Alice Tissot

The Concierge

Georges Aminel

(uncredited)