Une robe noire pour un tueur

Une robe noire pour un tueur

Crime | Jan. 14, 1981

The "black robe" in the title of this suspense film belongs to a female lawyer, Florence Nat (Annie Girardot) who has just lost a case in which she defended Simon Risler (Claude Brasseur), 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.

Une robe noire pour un tueur

Crime | Jan. 14, 1981

Une robe noire pour un tueur
The "black robe" in the title of this suspense film belongs to a female lawyer, Florence Nat (Annie Girardot) who has just lost a case in which she defended Simon Risler (Claude Brasseur), 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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers
Original title Une robe noire pour un tueur
Directors José Giovanni
Writers

Cast

Annie Girardot

as Florence Nath

Claude Brasseur

as Simon Risler

Bruno Cremer

as Alain Rivière

Jacques Perrin

as Lucien Lebesque

Catherine Allégret

as Mrs. Reynolds

Albina du Boisrouvray

as Florence's friend

Jacques Maury

as Prosecutor

Arielle Dombasle

as Young drug addict on the motorbike

Philippe Duclos

as Young drug addict

Didier Sauvegrain

as Architect

Agnès Château

as Photographer's wife

Jean Champion

as Reynolds father

Jean de Coninck

as Inspector Reynolds

Renaud Verley

as François Riesler

Richard Anconina

as Young drug addict

Pierre Belot

as Prefect

Marc Duret

as Young drug addict

Jean Luisi

as Gendarme

Jean-Claude Martin

as Journalist

Bernard Spiegel

as Judge

François Perrot

as Minister

Pierre Danny

as Pradès