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Die unheimlichen Briefe
Genres
CrimeTV Movie
Overview
Strange, rhymed advertisements in the TIMES unsettle three London gangsters - and rightly so, because soon the first of them are killed. The mysterious killer also catches a shady lawyer. Higgins and Lane find out that the key to the crimes is an unsolved diamond heist from jeweler Bolden. It looks like those involved are fighting over the loot. Eventually, it turns out that the "robbery" was actually a set-up insurance scam that Bolden was personally behind and that killed his employee. Shortly before the last survivor is sent to the afterlife, Higgins and Lane are able to confront the "invisible" murderer.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
2002-04-12
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
4
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Gunter Berger
Inspektor Higgins
Mariella Ahrens
Barbara Lane
Eddi Arent
Sir John
Rosalind Baffoe
Ann Pattison
Udo Schenk
William Bolden
Julia Richter
Peggy Lynch
Helen Vita
Lady Upperworth
Eva Ebner
Miss Thinwhister
Klaus Lehmann
Stephen Scott
Peggy Lukac
Ruth Bolden
H.H. Müller
Tom Averil
Georg Tryphon
Mr. Nelly
Mogens von Gadow
Robert Frazer
Axel Prahl
Taxi driver
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