The Edgar Wallace Krimi (1959–72)
by AlirezaGhorbani | created - 23 Sep 2021 | updated - 14 Feb 2022 | PublicAll 30 films that "Rialto" produced and two more titles, "The Avenger" and "The Curse of the Yellow Snake".
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1. Face of the Frog (1959)
89 min | Crime, Thriller
Scotland Yard and an American playboy investigate a criminal gang led by a mysterious man in a frog-like mask.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Siegfried Lowitz, Elfie von Kalckreuth, Jochen Brockmann
Votes: 1,269
2. The Red Circle (1960)
92 min | Thriller, Crime
A strange, red circle appears on the neck of a man saved from the guillotine. What is its mysterious meaning? Tragically, it turns out to be something of a family curse, as each generation ... See full summary »
Director: Jürgen Roland | Stars: Renate Ewert, Klausjürgen Wussow, Karl-Georg Saebisch, Thomas Alder
Votes: 686
3. The Terrible People (1960)
92 min | Crime, Horror, Drama
A creepy German-made Wallace thriller about the ghost of a hanged man who returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Fritz Rasp, Dieter Eppler
Votes: 600
4. The Avenger (1960)
Approved | 99 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.
Director: Karl Anton | Stars: Heinz Drache, Ingrid van Bergen, Benno Sterzenbach, Ina Duscha
Votes: 388
5. Der grüne Bogenschütze (1961)
93 min | Crime, Drama
An English businessman comes home to London, only to find visitors to his home being killed by arrows from "the Green Archer."
Director: Jürgen Roland | Stars: Klausjürgen Wussow, Karin Dor, Eddi Arent, Harry Wüstenhagen
Votes: 864
6. Dead Eyes of London (1961)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Wealthy, heavily-insured men are being murdered at an alarming rate. Scotland Yard investigates and finds clues that lead to a ring of blind men, led by a mysterious "reverend."
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Dieter Borsche, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 1,310
7. The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, William Lucas, Sabine Sesselmann, Penelope Horner
Votes: 636
8. The Forger of London (1961)
93 min | Crime, Drama
A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may--or may not--have amnesia.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Karin Dor, Hellmut Lange, Siegfried Lowitz, Mady Rahl
Votes: 627
9. The Strange Countess (1961)
95 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case.
Directors: Josef von Báky, Jürgen Roland, Ottokar Runze | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Marianne Hoppe, Rudolf Fernau
Votes: 748
10. Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.
Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Christopher Lee, Adrian Hoven, Marisa Mell, Pinkas Braun
Votes: 694
11. The Door with Seven Locks (1962)
96 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A woman arrives at a lonely mansion and finds herself mixed up with a lunatic who has built his own torture chamber, which is already crowded with victims - and he plans to make her his next one.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Sabine Sesselmann, Eddi Arent, Pinkas Braun
Votes: 857
12. The Inn on the River (1962)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Wade hunts down The Shark, a criminal equipped with a wetsuit and a speargun.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 1,027
13. Die weiße Spinne (1963)
103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
(1963) Karin Dor, Joachim Fuchsberger. When gamblers who recently increased their life insurance begin dying, Scotland Yard.gets involved. When their chief inspector is murdered, they bring in a mysterious detective to solve the case.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Horst Frank, Werner Peters
Votes: 338
14. Der Fluch der gelben Schlange (1963)
98 min | Thriller
A Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believe can give them the power to achieve their goal.
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Pinkas Braun, Doris Kirchner
Votes: 273
15. Der Zinker (1963)
Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Barbara Rütting, Günter Pfitzmann, Jan Hendriks
Votes: 994
16. The Black Abbot (1963)
95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Grit Boettcher, Dieter Borsche, Charles Regnier
Votes: 858
17. The Indian Scarf (1963)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a wealthy man dies, his relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. He leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle. At the castle, the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Corny Collins, Klaus Kinski, Gisela Uhlen
Votes: 1,119
18. Room 13 (1964)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Richard Häussler, Walter Rilla
Votes: 530
19. The Inn on Dartmoor (1964)
90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective tries to find out how and why some convicts have mysteriously disappeared from the prison of Dartmoor.
Director: Rudolf Zehetgruber | Stars: Heinz Drache, Ingmar Zeisberg, Paul Klinger, Judith Dornys
Votes: 203
20. Das Verrätertor (1964)
80 min | Crime, Drama
A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Catherine Schell
Votes: 417
21. The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Mobsters conspire to loot another criminal's treasure secured in an enormous booby-trapped vault.
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb | Stars: Harald Leipnitz, Judith Dornys, Rudolf Forster, Werner Peters
Votes: 493
22. The Mysterious Magician (1964)
95 min | Crime, Mystery
The sister of the criminal named "Hexer" is murdered. Scotland Yard Inspector Higgins believes that the criminal will surface to take his revenge and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, bodies soon start piling up.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Heinz Drache, Sophie Hardy, Siegfried Lowitz
Votes: 1,615
23. Again the Ringer (1965)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Arthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Barbara Rütting, Brigitte Horney, Margot Trooger
Votes: 875
24. The Sinister Monk (1965)
87 min | Mystery, Thriller
A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur.
Director: Harald Reinl | Stars: Karin Dor, Harald Leipnitz, Siegfried Lowitz, Siegfried Schürenberg
Votes: 742
25. Der Bucklige von Soho (1966)
90 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A woman is kidnapped and her identity is stolen by criminals attempting to collect her inheritance.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Günther Stoll, Pinkas Braun, Monika Peitsch, Siegfried Schürenberg
Votes: 593
26. Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)
GP | 87 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.
Directors: Alfred Vohrer, Samuel M. Sherman | Stars: Harald Leipnitz, Klaus Kinski, Carl Lange, Ilse Steppat
Votes: 888
27. The College Girl Murders (1967)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas, Grit Boettcher, Konrad Georg
Votes: 1,041
28. The Horror of Blackwood Castle (1968)
PG | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Scotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Heinz Drache, Karin Baal, Horst Tappert, Siegfried Schürenberg
Votes: 673
29. The Zombie Walks (1968)
88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Joachim Fuchsberger, Hubert von Meyerinck, Siw Mattson, Wolfgang Kieling
Votes: 572
30. Gorilla Gang (1968)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Scotland Yard goes after a gang that drowns its victims for their insurance money.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Horst Tappert, Uschi Glas, Uwe Friedrichsen, Hubert von Meyerinck
Votes: 466
31. The Man with the Glass Eye (1969)
PG | 87 min | Crime, Drama
A pool-hall is used as the front for a white slavery ring.
Director: Alfred Vohrer | Stars: Horst Tappert, Karin Hübner, Hubert von Meyerinck, Stefan Behrens
Votes: 451
32. Angels of Terror (1971)
89 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
An Australian woman arrives in London to search for her sister, and finds her involved with a heroin-smuggling gang that is under attack from an unknown rival who is methodically assassinating them with a shot to the head.
Director: Harald Philipp | Stars: Uschi Glas, Hansjörg Felmy, Werner Peters, Harry Riebauer
Votes: 557
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