• 1931

  Release Date

• May 11th, 1931

• Runtime

• 110 minutes

• Synopsis

• A psychotic child murderer stalks a city. Despite an exhaustive investigation fueled by public hysteria and outcry, the police have been unable to find him. The police crackdown makes it nearly impossible for the organized criminal underground to operate. The criminals decide that the only way to get the police off their backs is to catch the murderer themselves.

• CAST

• Peter Lorre - Hans Beckert,   Ellen Widmann - Frau Beckmann,   Inge Landgut - Elsie Beckmann,   Otto Wernicke - Inspector Karl Lohmann,   Theodor Loos - Inspector Groeber,   Gustaf Gründgens - Schränker,   Friedrich Gnaß - Franz,   Fritz Odemar - The Cheater,   Paul Kemp - Pickpocket with Six Watches,   Theo Lingen - Bauernfänger,   Rudolf Blümner - Becker's 'Attorney',   Georg John - Blind Panhandler,   Franz Stein - Minister,   Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur - Police Chief,   Gerhard Bienert - Criminal Secretary,   Karl Platen - Damowitz,   Rosa Valetti - Bartender,   Hertha von Walther - Prostitute,   Carl Ballhaus - Leeser,   Paul Mederow - Staatsanwalt,   Hadrian Maria Netto - Polizeihauptmann,   Lucie Rhoden - Sekretärin im Polizeiarchiv,   Karl Hannemann - Kriminalbeamter     

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