Who Drove the Grey Ford? (German: Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?) is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Otto Wernicke and starring Wernicke, Ursula Herking and Hilde Sessak.[1] Many scenes of the film were shot on location.
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| Directed by | Otto Wernicke |
| Written by | Kurt Joachim Fischer |
| Produced by | Paul Pfeiffer |
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| Cinematography | Paul Pfeiffer |
| Edited by | Walter Boos |
| Music by | Emil Ferstl |
Production company | Pfeiffer Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Bejöhr-Film |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
editIn the American Zone of Germany shortly after the Second World War, a gang of criminals make a living from hijacking trucks full of valuable goods. A local police detective investigates.
Cast
edit- Otto Wernicke as Kriminalkommissar Thieme
- Ruth Hambrock as Renate Münster
- Erich Scholz as Peteer 'Penny'
- Ursula Herking as Hertha Sattler, Kriminalassistentin
- Til Kiwe as Polizeirat Proske
- Hilde Sessak as Kellnerin bei Edu Schröder
- Marianne Gerzner as Rosl
- Günther Erich Marsch as Jonny Dempf
- Wolfgang Neuss as Uwe Lauterbach, 'Chef'
- Dieter Sommer as Franz Heiner
- Walter Vits-Mühlen as US-Kriminalkommissar Nelson
- Walter Pott as Edu Schröder, Wirt
- Abi von Hasse as Kriminalassistent Gillhausen
- Herbert Doberauer
- Georg Zimmermann as Hamerski, Oberpostschaffner
References
edit- ^ Davidson & Hake p. 59
Bibliography
edit- Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
External links
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