The Hound of Blackwood Castle
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| Directed by | Alfred Vohrer |
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| Cinematography | Karl Löb |
| Edited by | Jutta Hering |
| Music by | Peter Thomas |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Hound of Blackwood Castle (German: Der Hund von Blackwood Castle) is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Heinz Drache, Karin Baal and Horst Tappert.[1] Based on a story by Edgar Wallace, it also draws inspiration from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Kutz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location around the city.
Synopsis
[edit]Scotland Yard are called in to investigate a series of killings at Blackwood Castle, apparently committed by a giant animal.
Cast
[edit]- Heinz Drache as Humphrey Connery
- Karin Baal as Jane Wilson
- Horst Tappert as Donald Fairbanks
- Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John
- Agnes Windeck as Lady Agathy Beverton
- Ilse Pagé as Miss Finley
- Mady Rahl as Catherine Wilson
- Uta Levka as Dorothy Cornick
- Hans Söhnker as Anwalt Robert Jackson
- Otto Stern as The Captain
- Alexander Engel as Doc Adams
- Tilo von Berlepsch as Lord Henry Beverton
- Harry Wüstenhagen as Ken Nelson
- Kurd Pieritz as Edward Baldwin
- Arthur Binder as Grimsby
- Rainer Brandt as Tom Heyes
- Kurt Waitzmann as Dr. Sheppard
- Paul Berger as Hausknecht Jameson
References
[edit]- ^ Bergfelder p.153
Bibliography
[edit]- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
External links
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Categories:
- 1968 films
- 1960s mystery thriller films
- German mystery thriller films
- West German films
- 1960s German-language films
- Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
- Constantin Film films
- Films set in England
- Films shot at Spandau Studios
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on works by Edgar Wallace
- 1960s German films
- Films scored by Peter Thomas (composer)
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