11 Aug 1948
Pitfall
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
Jailbreak in Hamburg
Er macht rücksichtslos von der Schußwaffe Gebrauch!
The dangerous violent criminal Willy Jensen flees from a prison in Hamburg and seeks shelter at his brother Heinz' apartment. Heinz, an honest taxi-driver, believes in his innocence and helps him - until Willy kills another man in a robbery. After an argument Willy takes his wife Vera, who now lives with Heinz, as hostage on his further flight from the police. Heinz feels responsible for his brother and trails him, which makes it look to the police as if he's helping his brother.
Top Billed Cast
Horst Frank Willy Jensen
Christiane Krüger Vera Jensen
Heinz Reincke Heinz Jensen
Klaus Schwarzkopf Kommissar Knudsen
Andrea Rau Maggy
Sigurd Fitzek Timpe
Heidy Bohlen Lilliane Berndorf
Ulrich Beiger Berndorf
Gerhard Bormann Löffler
Ingeburg Kanstein Polizistin Fiedler
Horst Hesslein Jimmy
Harry Wolff Mann
Curt Timm Burkhardt
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