
Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution system. Charles Spaak's screenplay makes no attempt to launder the four principal characters (Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoinine Balpetre, Julien Verdeir): never mind the motivations, these are all hardened murderers. Still, the film condemns the sadistic ritual through which these four men are brought to the guillotine. In France, the policy is to never tell the condemned man when the execution will occur--and then to show up without warning and drag the victim kicking and screaming to his doom, without any opportunity to make peace with himself or his Maker. By the end of this harrowing film, the audience feels as dehumanized as the four "protagonists." We Are All Murderers was roundly roasted by the French law enforcement establishment, but it won a special jury prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
René Le Guen

Gino Bollini

Dr. Albert Dutoit

Bauchet

Philippe Arnaud

Michel Le Guen

Yvonne Le Guen (version française)

L'avocat général

L'avocat du tribunal pour enfants

Albert Pichon

Le colonel instructeur

L'avocat de Bauchet

Girard, l'homme dans la cabine téléphonique

La chiffonnière

Un inspecteur

La femme de Charles

L'épouse de Bauchet

Francine Saulnier

Biribi

Agnès

Léon

La mère Le Guen

Noblet

Docteur Detouche (version française)
La mère de la petite fille

Saulnier

La femme suédoise
Unknown Role
Le procureur

Le détenu-coiffeur

Rachel
Un gardien

L'amie de Dutoit
Charles

Le directeur de la Santé

Docteur Detouche (version italienne)

Madame Arnaud

Malingré

Le père Simon

Le gendarme

Yvonne Le Guen (version italienne)

L'abbé Roussard

La mère d'Agnès

Laetitia Bollini

Le pianiste

Fredo

P'tit Louis

Maître Mousset

Mr. Arnaud

Un garde (uncredited)

Un taulard (uncredited)
Un taulard (uncredited)
Le chauffeur (uncredited)
Un monsieur (uncredited)

L'agent (uncredited)
