The Common Man
Film poster
Directed by	Yves Boisset
Written by	Yves Boisset Jean-Pierre Bastid
Produced by	Gisèle Rebillon Catherine Winter
Starring	Jean Carmet Jean Bouise Jean-Pierre Marielle
Cinematography	Jacques Loiseleux
Edited by	Albert Jurgenson
Release date	26 February 1975 (1975-02-26)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$10.9 million[1]

The Common Man (French: Dupont Lajoie) is a 1975 French drama film directed by Yves Boisset^[2] and produced by Sofracima. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize.^[3]

Cast

• Jean Carmet as Georges Lajoie
• Pierre Tornade as Colin
• Jean Bouise as Detective Boulard
• Michel Peyrelon as Albert Schumacher
• Ginette Garcin as Ginette Lajoie
• Pascale Roberts as Madame Colin
• Jean-Pierre Marielle as Léo Tartaffione
• Robert Castel as Loulou
• Pino Caruso as Vigorelli
• Isabelle Huppert as Brigitte Colin
• Jacques Chailleux as Léon Lajoie
• Henri Garcin as the senior official
• Odile Poisson as Mme Schumacher
• Victor Lanoux as the Strong man
• Mohamed Zinet as Saïd's brother