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.
Directed by José Giovanni
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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
Charles Gonzales
Didier Sauvegrain
Architect
Agnès Château
Photographer's wife
Jean Champion
Reynolds father
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