Perpetrator Wanted

Overview

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.

Directed by Carl Heinz Wolff

Top cast

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Paul Henckels

Konsul Lychner

Gerda Maurus

Vera - seine Tochter

Karl Ludwig Diehl

Dr. Gregor, Redakteur

Fritz Odemar

Dorner, Diener

Harry Hardt

Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar

Ernst Behmer

Schränker-Ede

Rosa Valetti

Nachbarin

Gustav Rickelt

Arzt

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Julius E. Herrmann

Bachmann, Nachtredakteur

Wanda Rotha

Lilly Meißner

Harry Frank

Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger

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Fritz Schroeter

Kriminalassistent

Friedrich Kayssler

Staatsanwalt

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