A murder mystery involving several high-profile Londoners being bumped off near a Soho nightclub by a masked killer.A murder mystery involving several high-profile Londoners being bumped off near a Soho nightclub by a masked killer.A murder mystery involving several high-profile Londoners being bumped off near a Soho nightclub by a masked killer.
Emil Feldmann
- Papa Red
- (as Emil Feldmar)
Bryan Edgar Wallace
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- (uncredited)
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- Crazy creditsWhen the credit "by Bryan Edgar Wallace" appears on screen, a narrator reads it to us.
- ConnectionsFeatured in German Grusel - Die Edgar Wallace-Serie (2011)
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Superior (Bryan) Edgar Wallace "krimi"
A number of important men are being murdered in the London Soho district while attempting to make sexual liasons. The murders, perpetrated by the so-called "Phantom of Soho," seem to center around a seedy burlesque nightclub populated by a bizarre array of characters including the "crippled" female proprietor, her bent doctor/psychologist, and a pretty naive photographer. Eventually the Scotland Yard detectives and Agatha Christie-type female mystery writer tie the murders to a luxury yacht that sunk off the coast a couple years earlier. But the ending and the identity of the Phantom is a genuine surprise.
Although this is actually based on a novel of Edgar Wallace's much less talented son Bryan Edgar Wallace, this is actually a superior entry in the West German Wallace "krimi" series. It has a strong plot and an effective fog-shrouded atmosphere. It is also surprisingly risqué for the period with some of the nightclub acts culminating in some discrete toplessness, and the movie itself exuding a definite air of sexual decadence.
It is currently available on an apparently uncut Retrocinema double disc with the much weaker Edgar Wallace krimi "Curse of the Yellow Snake". That one is not really very worthwhile, but this one is definitely recommended.
Although this is actually based on a novel of Edgar Wallace's much less talented son Bryan Edgar Wallace, this is actually a superior entry in the West German Wallace "krimi" series. It has a strong plot and an effective fog-shrouded atmosphere. It is also surprisingly risqué for the period with some of the nightclub acts culminating in some discrete toplessness, and the movie itself exuding a definite air of sexual decadence.
It is currently available on an apparently uncut Retrocinema double disc with the much weaker Edgar Wallace krimi "Curse of the Yellow Snake". That one is not really very worthwhile, but this one is definitely recommended.
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- lazarillo
- Jan 10, 2009
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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