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Perpetrator Wanted (1931)

★ 5.9/10 85 min Crime Germany German
Novel: Frank Arnau
Screenplay by: Rudolph Cartier, Egon Eis
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Paul Henckels
Paul Henckels Konsul Lychner
Gerda Maurus
Gerda Maurus Vera - seine Tochter
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Karl Ludwig Diehl Dr. Gregor, Redakteur
Fritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar Dorner, Diener
Harry Hardt
Harry Hardt Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
Ernst Behmer
Ernst Behmer Schränker-Ede
Rosa Valetti
Rosa Valetti Nachbarin
Gustav Rickelt
Gustav Rickelt Arzt

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