Une robe noire pour un tueur

The "black robe" in the title of this suspense film belongs to a female lawyer, Florence Nat who has just lost a case in which she defended Simon Risler, a man wrongly accused of murder. Risler escapes before he can be put in prison, and seeks help from attorney Nat in finding the real killer, partly by going after the police inspector who framed him in the first place. A retired surgeon, in the process of setting up a drug rehab clinic gets involved in solving Risler's case, and soon the solution seems to be pointing to high-ranking figures with every desire and ample means to keep the truth well-hidden.

Cast

Annie Girardot

Florence Nath

Claude Brasseur

Simon Risler

Bruno Cremer

Alain Rivière

Jacques Perrin

Lucien Lebesque

Catherine Allégret

Mrs. Reynolds

Albina du Boisrouvray

Florence's friend

Jacques Maury

Prosecutor

François-Eric Gendron

Robert

Arielle Dombasle

Young drug addict on the motorbike

Philippe Duclos

Young drug addict