Jordan, a famous criminal lawyer, will only represent clients, of whose innocence he is convinced (must be financially not-too-well-off). One day, his future son-in-law, the jeweler Fabian, is arrested on suspicion of murder on the day before his wedding. He is said to have murdered his ex-wife, the dancer Ria Norady. The conductor Gillmore found her dead in her dressing room shortly after a visit from Fabian. Gisela Jordan asks her father to defend him. After speaking to Fabian, the lawyer is convinced he's innocent. But since there is no proof of this, he decides to go and try and find the real murderer himself.
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Heinrich George
Justizrat Jordan
Carla Rust
Giesela Jordan
Rudolf Fernau
Günther Fabian
Karl Schönböck
Jack Gillmoore
Margit Symo
Ria Nora
Claus Clausen
Staatsanwalt
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Sängerin
Hans Meyer-Hanno
Herr Böttger
Ernstwalter Mitulski
Carsta Löck
Claire Reigbert
Ida
Eduard von Winterstein
Vorsitender
Walther Suessenguth
Untersuchungsrichter
Andrews Engelmann
Chauffeur
Ernst Legal
Seibold - Buchmacher
