Overview
Ted Talbot is a prosecutor in Newtonville. In the course of his work, he accuses Jim Conley of robbing a bank and killing the cashier. Ted's wife Jane takes over Conley's defense. When the court sentences the defendant to death, she files for divorce. Beth Conley, the wife, goes to see the prosecutor and asks him to postpone the execution of the sentence for thirty days. When he refuses, she threatens him with revelations. Deputy District Attorney Hal Young witnesses this confrontation...
Director and cast
- Franz Antel Director
- Sonja Ziemann as Rechtsanwältin Jane Painter-Talbot
- Wolfgang Preiss as Staatsanwalt Ted Talbot
- Robert Graf as Hal Young, stellvertret. Staasanwalt
- Ivan Desny as Luke Adama
- Loni von Friedl as Vickie Paul
- Dieter Eppler as Polizeileutnant Keller
- Ady Berber as Ernie, Leibwächter von Adama
- Chris Howland as Tom, Besitzer einer Bar
- Kurt Nachmann as Polizeiarzt Dr. Nelson
- Marlene Rahn as Bar-Tänzerin
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