The Best Part

Gérard Philipe

Philippe Perrin

Michèle Cordoue

Micheline

Georges Chamarat

Lemoigne

Umberto Spadaro

Gino

Valeria Moriconi

Odette

Olivier Hussenot

Colombin

Alberto Bonucci

Antoine

Jean Lefebvre

Raymond

Jean-Jacques Lécot

Pasquier

Michel François

Doctor Molinier

Robert Bazil

Jess Hahn

Karl

Mohamed Ziani

Ali

Augusto Mingione

Pietro

Marcel Bozzuffi

Georges Hubert

Louis Velle

The new chief engineer

Jacques Moulières

Luigi

Giacomo Furia

The canteen manager

Lina Furia

The canteen manager

Gino Marturano

Gabriel Gobin

A card player

Charles Denner

An assistant engineer

Pierre Massiot

Émile Genevois

Worker

Gérard Oury

Gérard Bailly

Paola Borboni

(uncredited)

Raymond Brun

(uncredited)

Olivier Darrieux

A Man at the Wedding (uncredited)

Georges Galley

(uncredited)

Gérard Hernandez

The worker who replaces the storekeeper

Jacques Morlaine

(uncredited)

Madame Pâquerette

The owner of the center bistro (uncredited)