Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter

Nov 27, 1974

1h 44m

★ 0.0

First of a series of thrillers based on the novels of Nicolas Freeling

Overview

Dutch police inspector Piet Van der Valk finds himself repeatedly crossing paths wiht the beautiful yet troubled Lucienne Englebert, the daughter of a famous conductor recently killed in a car accident. Whern the maverick inspector investigates the seemingly senseless killing of a man in Amsertdam, will Lucienne turn up again?

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

ORF

WDR

Iduna Film Produktiongesellschaft

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Cast

Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

Frank Finlay

Lucienne Englebert

Cyd Hayman

Solange de Winter

Françoise Arnoul

Hoofdcommissaris Samson

Oskar Homolka

Mankiewicz

Werner Finck

Stam

Pierre Vaneck

Royaard

Peter Roggisch

Arlette van der Valk

Françoise Prévost

Englebert

Hans Járay

Bernard Neefs

Günter Lamprecht

(voice) (uncredited)

Hansjörg Felmy

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