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Der Henker von London

Der Henker von London

1963Movie⏱️ 1h 32m
CrimeHorror
6.2
IMDB Rating
464 votes

Scotland Yard are under pressure to bust a secret vigilante court which tries and execute criminals. Meanwhile, a serial killer who targets young women and decapitates them has also been eluding the authorities.

Director
Edwin Zbonek
Writers
Bryan Edgar Wallace, Robert A. Stemmle
Stars
Hansjörg Felmy, Maria Perschy, Dieter Borsche
Release Date
September 22, 1965
Language
German
Country
West Germany
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 9
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Hansjörg Felmy
Hansjörg Felmy
as John Hillier
Maria Perschy
Maria Perschy
as Ann Barry
Dieter Borsche
Dieter Borsche
as Dr. Mac Ferguson
Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss
as Inspector Morel Smith
👤
Harry Riebauer
as Dr. Philip Trooper
Rudolf Fernau
Rudolf Fernau
as Jerome
👤
Alexander Engel
👤
Narziß Sokatscheff
👤
Harald Sawade
👤
Albert Bessler

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Berlin, Germany
Production
Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)

🏷️ Keywords

serial murdergrouptrialsham trialexecution by hanging

🎯 Categories

GermanCrimeHorror

⭐ Featured Review

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad Execution!
by wynne-12025-06-12
8/10

"THE MAD EXECUTIONERS feels like the prolific Edgar Wallace had hit full stride with this fast-paced, heart-pounding, cross-genre corker. Ironic, perhaps, as this film, is actually adapted from an "idea" by Wallace's son, Bryan Edgar Wallace, proof the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. The third in the series of six krimis (that's German for crime films) recently restored and released by CCC Film, the West German film production company that rose from the ashes of the Second World War to provide demoralized German cinemagoers respite from the Nazi era, THE MAD E..."

💡 Did You Know?

The company that produced films based on Edgar Wallace novels sued the producers of this film, who advertised it as an Edgar Wallace "mystery" even though it was clearly based on a novel written by his son, Bryan Edgar Wallace. They won, and the ads were soon changed to read "Edgar Bryan Wallace".

📖 Synopsis

Scotland Yard are under pressure to bust a secret vigilante court which tries and execute criminals. Meanwhile, a serial killer who targets young women and decapitates them has also been eluding the authorities.