Edgar Wallace

The Man with the Glass Eye




(Der Mann mit dem Glasauge)

The Man with the Glass Eye

A Rialto Film Production
West Germany 1968 - 87 min.
Im Verleih bei Constantin
Premiered: 21. 2. 1969
FSK: ab 16, nf

 

Cast


Inspektor David Perkins   Horst Tappert
Yvonne   Karin Hübner
Seargent Pepper   Stefan Behrens
Bruce   Fritz Wepper
Sir Arthur   Hubert von Meyerinck
etc.

 

Crew


Director:   Freddy Gregor
Screenplay:   Paul Hengge
Based upon a novel by Edgar Wallace
Director of Photography:   Karl Loeb
Music:   Peter Thomas

 

Plot outline


Insidious crimes: a man is found by the police with a knife sticking in his chest and a glass eye in his jacket pocket. A second murder happens subsequently: a dancer with of the "Vegas Girls", who perform at the Londoner Odeon Theatre, is poisoned. Scotland Yard has all hands full solving these mysterious murders. Is there a connection between them? More and more people are victim to the "man with the glass eye". A first trace leads into a billiard club, which entrance ID is a glass eye. Can the murderer be found in here? Time is running out...

 

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