Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock worthless, he considers himself shamelessly robbed by the bank; it seems only fair to him to return the 'favor' and rob the bank, teaming up with the whole family as they were all duped. Even for professionals such an enterprise -he decides to dig a tunnel- is quite demanding, but for simple commoners it's daunting, as they also have their personal downsides; thus Victor's wife has a most unwelcome tendency to blurt out the truth, even to the grumpy local copper: a crazy risk when you need to keep a criminal plan secret.
as Victor Garnier
as Le banquier André Durand-Mareuil
as Eliane Garnier
as Isabelle Garnier
as L'agent cycliste / The policeman
as Le prêtre / The priest
as Gerber
as La femme de ménage
as La cliente (as Nicole Cholet)
as Philippe Brécy
as Poupette
as Casimir
as Un habitant du quartier (as Badin)
as Un voisin
as Un client
as Corinne Garnier
as Gérard Garnier
as Le contremaître / The overseer
as Ramirez, un ouvrier (uncredited)
as Un client de la banque (uncredited)
as Le confrère anglais (uncredited)
as Le vendeur du grand magasin (uncredited)
as Le commissaire (uncredited)
as Le patron du café (uncredited)
as Le confrère italien (uncredited)
as Une habitante du quartier (uncredited)
as Mireille (uncredited)
as Le télégraphiste (uncredited)
as Zapato - un ouvrier (uncredited)