The corpse in the River Thames

(Die Tote aus der Themse)

A Rialto Film Production
West Germany 1971 - 89 (gek. 76) min.
Im Verleih bei Constantin
Premiered: 1. 4. 1971
FSK: ab 16, nf (gek.12,f)

Cast

Inspektor Craig   Hansjörg Felmy
Danny   Uschi Glas
William Baxter   Werner Peters
Sir John   Siegfried Schürenberg
Dr. Ellis   Günther Stoll
Petra Schürmann
Ivan Desny
Vadim Glowna
etc.

Crew

Director:   Harald Philipp
Screenplay:   H.O. Gregor - Harald Philipp
Director of Photography:   Karl Loeb
Music:   Peter Thomas

Plot outline

London - the attractive dancer Myrna Fergusson is brutally murdered in a third class hotel. The circumstances of the murder puzzles Scotland Yard, because when Inspector Craig arrives at the crime scene, the victim had vanished. Finally the identity of the disappeared is cleared and Inspector realizes, that Myrna Fergusson is an old acquaintance - she was a member of an international narcotic ring and informant for Scotland Yard. Suddenly Myrna´s pretty sister shows up. Craig teams up with her to trace the murderer. During the investigations both get deeper involved in an opaque network of narcotic smuggling, treason and deadly danger.