Perpetrator Wanted (1931)
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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.
- Date of release
- 1931-03-12
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Carl Heinz Wolff
Casting
- 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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