Perpetrator Wanted

Perpetrator Wanted

1931 · 85 min · ★ 5.9 · 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.

Directed by Carl Heinz Wolff · Written by Egon Eis

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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
Julius E. Herrmann Bachmann, Nachtredakteur
Wanda Rotha Lilly Meißner
Harry Frank Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger
Fritz Schroeter Kriminalassistent

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