Bernard Blier
Buffle Pascal, teacher
Juliette Faber
Lise Arnaud, teacher
Édouard Delmont
Mr. Arnaud, old teacher and Lise's father
Edmond Ardisson
Mr. Pourpre, hairdresser
Henri Arius
Hector Malicorne, le Maire de Salèzes
Gaston Modot
French examiner
Jean-Louis Allibert
Mr. St. Saviole, the 'innovator'
Georges Cahuzac
Mr. Cornille
Marcel Maupi
Mr. Alexandre, pharmacist
Raymone
Blind man of the village
Lucien Callamand
Arithmetic examiner
Henri Poupon
History-Geography examiner
Jean Aquistapace
Mr. Laverdière, antique dealer
Danny Caron
Cécile Simonin, bar waitress and Albert's sister
Pierre Coste
Albert Simonin, the great chef
Riri Berty
Gossip holding a laundry basket (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Gendarme (uncredited)