Perpetrator Wanted
6.7
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.
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Cast
17 people
Paul Henckels
Konsul Lychner
Known for
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Punch Bowl
Gerda Maurus
Vera - seine Tochter
Known for
Woman in the Moon
Spies
Carl Heinz Wolff
Frank Arnau
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Dr. Gregor, Redakteur
Known for
The Story of Vickie
Rudolph Cartier
Fritz Odemar
Dorner, Diener
Known for
M
Egon Eis
Harry Hardt
Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
Also in
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
Ernst Behmer
Schränker-Ede
Also in
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
Klebolin Sticks to Everything
Rosa Valetti
Nachbarin
Known for
The Blue Angel
M
Gustav Rickelt
Arzt
Also in
Bobby, der Benzinjunge
Flachsmann the Educator
Carl Heinz Wolff Director · Egon Eis Screenplay Rudolph Cartier Screenplay
First release March 12, 1931 · Produced in Germany · Original title Täter gesucht
Production
Carl-Heinz Wolff Filmproduktion
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Täter gesucht
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · March 12, 1931
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No release date listed for United States.
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