(1964, Upgraded 10/19/21) Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Richard Haubler, Eddi Arent. A robbery involving gold and bank notes eventually leads to the blackmail of a member of Parlament who has a shady past. But there is a razor-wielding killer afoot, too! It all leads to a mysterious estate and a striptease nightclub where bodies begin to pile up. What is the mysterious secret of the portrait of the hauntingly beautiful woman on the castle wall. Dor plays the beautiful but confused daughter of the Parlament member, while Fuchsberger is out to stop the blackmailing criminals and find out who the killer really is. Another solid early '60s Edgar Wallace opus. Directed by series regular, Harald Reinl. From a beautiful anamorphic 35mm print.
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