Perpetrator Wanted
1931 · 85 min · Crime
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.
- Director
- Carl Heinz Wolff
- Writers
- Frank Arnau, Rudolph Cartier, Egon Eis
- Released
- March 12, 1931
- Language
- German
Cast
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
Julius E. Herrmann
Bachmann, Nachtredakteur
Wanda Rotha
Lilly Meißner
Harry Frank
Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger
Fritz Schroeter
Kriminalassistent
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