The Sinister Monk

Dec 17, 1965

1h 27m

★ 6.7

Overview

A hooded serial killer finds a novel way to murder his victims--he lashes them to death with a whip. The police try to track him down before any more murders occur.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Rialto Film

The Sinister Monk Trailers

Cast

Gwendolin

Karin Dor

Inspector Bratt

Harald Leipnitz

Sir Richard

Siegfried Lowitz

Sir John

Siegfried Schürenberg

Lady Patricia

Ilse Steppat

Sir William

Dieter Eppler

Ronny

Hartmut Reck

Cunning

Kurt Waitzmann

Alfons Short

Rudolf Schündler

Monsieur d'Arol

Kurd Pieritz

Lola

Uta Levka

Dolores

Dunja Rajter

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