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