- The Avenger (1960 film)
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The Avenger Directed by Karl Anton Produced by Kurt Ulrich
Heinz WillegWritten by Edgar Wallace
Gustav Kampendonk
Rudolf KatscherStarring Heinz Drache Music by Peter Sandloff Cinematography Willi Sohm Editing by Walter von Bonhorst Distributed by Europa-Filmverleih AG (Germany) Release date(s) 5 August 1960 Running time 99 minutes Country Germany Language German The Avenger (German: Der Rächer) is a 1960 German crime film directed by Karl Anton and starring Heinz Drache.
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Synopsis
A number of packaged disembodied heads have been in random areas of the English countryside. In each package is a letter to the police from the killer, who dubs himself "The Executioner." Each victim is seemingly unrelated to one another. When a Scotland Yard employee is killed, Detective Mike Brixan (Heinz Drache) of Special Branch is called in to investigate. The only clue is that a black, four-door sedan has been seen at the scene of the crime, and that the typewriter that the letters have been written on have two offset letters.
When Ruth Sanders (Ina Duscha), the niece of the man killed and the last person to see him alive, is located as an extra working on location, Brixan discovers a page of a script that has been written on the same typewriter as the Executioner's letters. Consequently, Brixan believes that the Executioner is among the cast, crew, or parties involved in the film shoot.
Cast
- Heinz Drache - Michael Brixan
- Ingrid van Bergen - Stella Mendoza
- Benno Sterzenbach - Sir Gregory Penn
- Ina Duscha - Ruth Sanders
- Ludwig Linkmann - Henry Longvale
- Siegfried Schürenberg - Major Staines
- Klaus Kinski - Lorenz Voss
- Rainer Brandt - Reggie Conolly
- Friedrich Schoenfelder - Jack Jackson (as Friedrich Schönfelder)
- Al Hoosmann - Bhag (as Al Hoosman)
- Maria Litto - Malaiische Tänzerin
- Franz-Otto Krüger - Regie-Assistent Frankie
- Rainer Penkert - Kameramann
- Albert Bessler - Zeitungsmann
See also
- Klaus Kinski filmography
External links
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- German-language films
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- German horror films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by Karl Anton
- 1960s crime films
- 1960s German film stubs
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