Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter (1974)
Van der Valk und das Mädchen
First of a series of thrillers based on the novels of Nicolas Freeling
Dutch police inspector Piet Van der Valk finds himself repeatedly crossing paths wiht the beautiful yet troubled Lucienne Englebert, the daughter of a famous conductor recently killed in a car accident. Whern the maverick inspector investigates the seemingly senseless killing of a man in Amsertdam, will Lucienne turn up again?
- Date of release
- 1974-11-27
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime
- Director
- Peter Zadek
Casting
- Frank Finlay — Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
- Cyd Hayman — Lucienne Englebert
- Françoise Arnoul — Solange de Winter
- Oskar Homolka — Hoofdcommissaris Samson
- Werner Finck — Mankiewicz
- Pierre Vaneck — Stam
- Peter Roggisch — Royaard
- Françoise Prévost — Arlette van der Valk
- Hans Járay — Englebert
- Günter Lamprecht — Bernard Neefs
- Hansjörg Felmy — (voice) (uncredited)
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