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4.6/10 • 9

1953-04-031h 28m

ActionCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

DANGER HUNTS THEM! DEATH HAUNTS THEM!

A jealous musician kills his wife and frames a cab driver.

Directors
Gunther von Fritsch
Writters
Robert Hill

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  1. Donald Buka

    Donald Buka

    Toni Sponer

  2. Joan Camden

    Joan Camden

    Karen Manelli

  3. Francis Lederer

    Francis Lederer

    Claude Manelli

  4. Adrienne Gessner

    Adrienne Gessner

    Mrs. Fraser

  5. Inge Konradi

    Inge Konradi

    Marie

  6. Gisela Wilke

    Gisela Wilke

    Old Doll

  7. Hermann Erhardt

    Hermann Erhardt

    Inspector

  8. Egon von Jordan

    Egon von Jordan

    Kruger (as E. von Jordan)

  9. Manfred Inger

    Manfred Inger

    Heinth

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CinemaSerf

Nov 13, 2023

6/10

There's quite a lot going on in this complex thriller. Fairly quickly we realise that "Karen" (Joan Camden) is unhappily married to concert pianist "Claude" (Francis Lederer). Unfortunately, her maid isn't very trustworthy and so a note suggesting a rendezvous with a recently arrived American visitor ends up with her husband, who has no intention of letting her meet him. Amidst all these domestic machinations, local cabbie "Sponer" (Donald Luka) is dreaming of a emigrating to the USA. At this point, serendipity takes rather a menacing hand in the proceedings with "Buka" finding himself in possession of a corpse, an American passport and a plane ticket. Perhaps this is his chance to escape his drudgery? Before he can make too many plans however, "Karen" shows up at his (borrowed) hotel room expecting her friend, realises he's a fraud and with her husband using the police and virtually any means to keep her close we find quite a tight game of cat and mouse - and just a hint of romance - develops. It's quite a tightly delivered story with a decent amount of intrigue even though I felt the denouement felt a little rushed and flat. There isn't a star as such, a collection of competent B-listers do well enough with the script to keep this moving along for eighty minutes of Hogmanay celebrations that have just enough of a sense of mystery to be worth watching.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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