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 |
| Directing | Bertrand Tavernier | Director |
| Writing | Jean Aurenche | Writer |
| Sound | Philippe Sarde | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jim Thompson | Novel |
| Camera | Pierre-William Glenn | Director of Photography |
| Production | Adolphe Viezzi | Producer |
| Writing | Bertrand Tavernier | Writer |
| Art | Alexandre Trauner | Production Design |
| Directing | Jean Achache | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ludovic Paris | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Frédéric Bourboulon | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Le Marinel | Key Makeup Artist |
| Art | Franckie Diago | Set Decoration |
| Art | Hubert de Varine | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Moreau | Costume Design |
| Directing | Daniel Deleforges | Assistant Director |
| Art | René Albouze | Props |
| Sound | Catherine d'Hoir | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Directing | Roland Fruytier | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvette Bonnay | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Michael Coulter | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Maurice Gilbert | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irénée Martin | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Luce Grunenwaldt | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Claude Villand | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Alain Choquart | Second Assistant Camera |
| Art | Pierre Fontaine | Set Dresser |
| Directing | Makhete Diallo | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Michel Desrois | Sound |
| Editing | Sophie Cornu | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karl Lagerfeld | Costumer |
