The confrontation of two different temperaments: Figueiredo, a hard-working shopkeeper; his brother-in-law, José, disorderly and wasteful, heir to a family with noble titles but poor. Figueiredo tries to rescue José from this path of perversion that had led him to invest in an attempted theft, followed by a frustrated murder and seduction ...
Barreto Poeira | Joaquim Figueiredo |
Julieta Castelo | Maria Manuela |
Carmen Dolores | Fernanda |
Maria Matos | Teresa, the house-keeper |
Virgílio Teixeira | José |
Maria Emília Vilas | Manuela's mother |
Barroso Lopes | Manuel |
Elvira Velez | the maid |
António Palma | the judge |
Júlio Pereira | the defense lawyer |