

95 minutes
9/21/1939
They meet on the plane from Dakar to Casablanca: the well-known American defense lawyer Vandegrift, his daughter Jessie and the arrested Peter Roland, who allegedly kidnapped and murdered the famous film child Binnie Casilla in Stockford in 1928. Vandegrift, convinced of Roland's innocence, decides to represent the man at his upcoming sensational trial. But just as public opinion is increasingly questioning Roland's guilt, he testifies under pressure from prosecutor Adams. Now only Binnie herself can save the young man, but the search for her has so far been in vain...

Heinrich George
as M.Vandegrift, Rechtsanwalt

Jutta Freybe
as Jessie

Albert Hehn
as Peter Roland

Dagny Servaes
as Sylvia Casilla

Siegfried Schürenberg
as James

Richard Häussler
as Adams, öffentlicher Ankläger

Alice Treff
as Almar Galliver

Lissy Arna
as Ines Brown

Leo Peukert
as Generaldirektor Pick
Herbert Weißbach
Käte Pontow
as Erwachsene Binnie Casilla

Hans Mierendorff
as Richter Corbett
Karl Klüsner
as Präsident des Appellationsgerichts

Erich Fiedler
as Salvini
Ernst Stimmel
as Gerichtsarzt

Valy Arnheim
as Ramsay McFarlane

Josef Dahmen
as Vergifteter Co-Pilot
Mia Elmenhorst
as Picks Sekretärin
Lothar Geist
as Picks Bürojunge

Renée Stobrawa
as Fräulein Baumann
Carl Jönsson
as Beamter beim Appellationsgericht
Walter Lieck
as BBC-Berichterstatter
Walter Steinweg
as Rundfunkreporter
Robert Forsch
as Mr. Parker

Josef Reithofer
as Französisicher Colonel im Flugzeug
Otz Tollen
as Polizeiinspektor vor Gericht
Josef Kamper
as Justizbeamter

Klaus Pohl
as Gerichtsdiener

Willi Rose
as Reiseführer im Touristenbus
Bayume Mohamed Husen
as Junge bei der Ankunft des Schiffes

Angelo Ferrari
as Verkäufer der Imbißstube