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Perpetrator Wanted
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.
Cast
- Paul Henckels as Konsul Lychner
- Gerda Maurus as Vera - seine Tochter
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Dr. Gregor, Redakteur
- Fritz Odemar as Dorner, Diener
- Harry Hardt as Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
- Ernst Behmer as Schränker-Ede
- Rosa Valetti as Nachbarin
- Gustav Rickelt as Arzt
- Julius E. Herrmann as Bachmann, Nachtredakteur
- Wanda Rotha as Lilly Meißner
- Harry Frank as Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger
- Fritz Schroeter as Kriminalassistent
Details
- Director
- Carl Heinz Wolff
- Released
- March 12, 1931
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Crime
- Studio
- Carl-Heinz Wolff Filmproduktion
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.9 / 10 from 7 votes
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