Perpetrator Wanted

Perpetrator Wanted — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 12, 1931
• Runtime
• 85 min
• Genres
• Crime
• Director
• Carl Heinz Wolff

Perpetrator Wanted — Cast

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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