Der Würger vom Tower

(The Strangler of the Tower)


An Erwin Dietrich Production for Urania Film GmbH (Berlin), 1965; DIRECTOR: Hans Mehringer; SCR: Michael Thomas; PHOTO: Andreas Demmer; ART DIR: Nino Borghi; EDITING: Peter Muenger; MUSIC: Walter Baumgartner and Hans Moeckel

CAST: Charles Regnier, Kai Fischer, Hans Reiser, Ellen Schwiers, Christa Linder, Adi Berber, Birgit Bergen, Rainer Bertram, Gerhard Geisler

NOTES: This is a mystery film about the "Pawati emerald," which has been split into 5 parts. An Indian sect wants to recover the gem(s): the first victim is Mrs. Wilkins, who is strangled. Her daughter is kidnaped and tortured to obtain the names of the other 4 people who own parts of the emerald. A stripper, a female detective story writer, and a jeweler are the next three to die. However, Inspector Harvey of Scotland Yard and his assistant Masters eventually uncover the gang behind the plot.

Thanks to Georges Freylinger for the details about this film.

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