Das tödliche Patent

Jul 17, 1963

1h 32m

★ 4.0

Overview

Charles, a talented but poor chemist, has become a wealthy man overnight. The industry is all about his new invention. But the next day, his wife suddenly dies. Nobody suspects anything bad at first, but then Detective Inspector Morland shows up and begins an insidious game of questions and answers. Poison has been found in the contents of the dead woman's stomach.

Genres

Crime

TV Movie

Production Companies

Bavaria Film

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Cast

Charles Reese

Wolfgang Preiss

Hilde Reese

Gisela Trowe

Ann Patten

Ingeborg Schöner

Mr. Schofield

Siegfried Lowitz

Inspector Morland

Horst Tappert

Mr. Senior

Romuald Pekny

Mrs. Turvey

Nora Minor

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