Mord in Rio

Dec 6, 1963

1h 36m

★ 5.2

Overview

Barbara Leen owns a coffee export company based in Rio de Janeiro. The company has long since been infiltrated by smugglers, without Barbara knowing about it. The criminals are smuggling diamonds. Barbara's boyfriend is a journalist and tries to get to the bottom of the matter. But during his research he comes across more and more deaths. Eventually, however, he comes across the nightclub owner Leila and her lover Dumont. They appear to be the masterminds.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Ernst Ritter von Theumer Film- und Fernsehproduktion

Mord in Rio Trailers

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Cast

Barbara Leen

Erika Remberg

Peter Jordan

Hellmut Lange

Dumont

Gustavo Rojo

Harry

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Leila

Eva Wilma

Juan

Helio Souto

André

Luis Gustavo

Mataxos (uncredited)

Américo Taricano

Ina (uncredited)

Geórgia Gomide

Norman Snyder

Xandó Batista

Inspector Moura

Pedro Paulo Hatheyer

Carmen (uncredited)

Marina Freire

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