A dedicated editor, who is engaged to the daughter of a wealthy senator thrills her father with a lecture about convictions based on circumstantial evidence. When a corpse with a disfigured face is found in the house of the senator, evidence points to the editor. An entertaining thriller with a fairly intricate plot and some critical comments on the practice of the law. Based on the novel "Der geschlossene Ring" by Frank Arnau.
as Konsul Lychner
as Vera - seine Tochter
as Dr. Gregor, Redakteur
as Dorner, Diener
as Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
as Schränker-Ede
as Nachbarin
as Arzt
as Bachmann, Nachtredakteur
as Lilly Meißner
as Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger
as Kriminalassistent
as Staatsanwalt
