A middle-aged man disappears, while carrying a fortune belonging to his employers. The fugitive's daughter, a pretty twenty-something hairdresser, tells the police she's just as amazed as everybody else. The police commissioner investigating the case is convinced she's holding something back...
"Der dritte Handschuh" comes to us courtesy of West-Germany. It's a crime thriller / police procedural in two parts, filmed in black-and-white. The plot is quite clever, containing at least one piece of genius misdirection. While not the funniest work around, "Der dritte Handschuh" does offer some touches of humor, for instance with regard to the clues. (Here's one for the Zen Buddhists among us : what is the sound of a dead bird singing ?)
The chief villain is interesting : a seemingly unremarkable, colorless man who wants to grab a great deal of money in order to provide himself with luxury, independence and freedom.
Real-life policemen might want to watch "Der dritte Handschuh" carefully. Although this was not its intention, it does show the dangers involved in providing inadequate police protection for vulnerable key witnesses.
"Der dritte Handschuh" comes to us courtesy of West-Germany. It's a crime thriller / police procedural in two parts, filmed in black-and-white. The plot is quite clever, containing at least one piece of genius misdirection. While not the funniest work around, "Der dritte Handschuh" does offer some touches of humor, for instance with regard to the clues. (Here's one for the Zen Buddhists among us : what is the sound of a dead bird singing ?)
The chief villain is interesting : a seemingly unremarkable, colorless man who wants to grab a great deal of money in order to provide himself with luxury, independence and freedom.
Real-life policemen might want to watch "Der dritte Handschuh" carefully. Although this was not its intention, it does show the dangers involved in providing inadequate police protection for vulnerable key witnesses.
