Frühstück mit dem Tod

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...

Cast

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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