Senegal, 1938. Lucien Cordier is de enige politieman in een klein dorpje. Hij is een kleurloze, wat plompe man die door niemand ernstig wordt genomen en door iedereen uitgelachen en gemanipuleerd wordt.
Nee, helaas is Coup de torchon nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Henri Lassa | Producer |
| Editing | Armand Psenny | Editor |
| Production | Adolphe Viezzi | Producer |
| Directing | Bertrand Tavernier | Director |
| Sound | Philippe Sarde | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jim Thompson | Novel |
| Writing | Jean Aurenche | Writer |
| Camera | Pierre-William Glenn | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Bertrand Tavernier | Writer |
| Art | Alexandre Trauner | Production Design |
| Directing | Frédéric Bourboulon | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jean Achache | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Moreau | Costume Design |
| Art | Hubert de Varine | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ludovic Paris | Hairstylist |
| Art | Franckie Diago | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Le Marinel | Key Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Michael Coulter | First Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Lagerfeld | Costumer |
| Art | René Albouze | Props |
| Sound | Catherine d'Hoir | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michel Desrois | Sound |
| Directing | Daniel Deleforges | Assistant Director |
| Art | Pierre Fontaine | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Luce Grunenwaldt | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Alain Choquart | Second Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irénée Martin | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Directing | Roland Fruytier | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvette Bonnay | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Maurice Gilbert | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Sophie Cornu | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Makhete Diallo | Assistant Director |
