The Phantom of Soho (German: Das Phantom von Soho) is a 1964 West German thriller film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Dieter Borsche, Barbara Rütting and Hans Söhnker.[1] It was based on a novel by Bryan Edgar Wallace and was part in a large group of British-set thrillers made in West Germany at the time, many of them adapted from the works of Wallace's father Edgar Wallace.
| The Phantom of Soho | |
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| Directed by | Franz Josef Gottlieb |
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| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Richard Angst |
| Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
| Music by | Martin Böttcher |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Ernst Schomer.
Cast
edit- Dieter Borsche as Chief Inspector Hugh Patton
- Barbara Rütting as Clarinda Smith
- Hans Söhnker as Sir Philip
- Peter Vogel as Sergeant Hallam
- Helga Sommerfeld as Corinne Smith
- Werner Peters as Dr. Dalmer
- Hans Nielsen as Lord Harold Malhouse
- Stanislav Ledinek as Gilard, club manager
- Otto Waldis as William B. Clover, man with birthmark
- Hans W. Hamacher as Capt. Muggins
- Emil Feldmann as Papa Red
- Harald Sawade as Charlie
- Kurt Jaggberg as Jussuf
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Joanna Filiati
References
edit- ^ Bergfelder p.258
Bibliography
edit- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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