

Die unheimlichen Briefe
2002-04-12 · 90 min · ★ 5.5
Strange, rhymed advertisements in the newspaper unsettle three London gangsters - and rightly so, because soon the first of them are killed. The mysterious killer also catches a shady lawyer. Higgins and Lane find out that the key to the crimes is an unsolved diamond heist.
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- Directors
- Wolfgang F. Henschel
- Production companies
- RTL, Rialto Film
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Gunter BergerInspektor Higgins
Mariella AhrensBarbara Lane
Eddi ArentSir John
Udo SchenkWilliam Bolden
Julia RichterPeggy Lynch
Helen VitaLady Upperworth
Eva EbnerMiss Thinwhister
Peggy LukacRuth Bolden
H.H. MüllerTom Averil
Georg TryphonMr. Nelly
Mogens von GadowRobert Frazer
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