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Dead Woman from Beverly Hills (1964)

Genre : Crime, Comedy, Drama

Runtime : 1H 50M

Director : Michael Pfleghar

Synopsis

Detective C.G. (Klaus-Juergen Wussow) begins to investigate the death of an attractive woman (Heidelinde Weis) whose naked body was found in Beverly Hills. When he recovers her journal, he is taken into her past where he finds that she lead a sexually promiscuous life. Perhaps in the pages of the diary will be a clue to her killer's identity. This thriller was the first German feature to be shot in Hollywood after WWII as well as the first feature for German television director Michael Pfleghar. Based on a bestselling novel by Curt Goetz, Die Tote Von Beverly Hills/The Corpse of Beverly Hills was adapted to the screen only a few short years after his death.

Actors

Heidelinde Weis
Heidelinde Weis
Lu Sostlov
Klausjürgen Wussow
Klausjürgen Wussow
C.G.
Horst Frank
Horst Frank
Manning / Dr. Steininger
Wolfgang Neuss
Wolfgang Neuss
Ben, Detektiv
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Professor Sostlov
Bruno Dietrich
Bruno Dietrich
Peter de Lorm
Peter Schütte
Peter Schütte
Swendka
Herbert Weißbach
Herbert Weißbach
Priester
Ellen Kessler
Ellen Kessler
Tiddy Sister Nr. 1
Alice Kessler
Alice Kessler
Tiddy Sister Nr. 2

Crews

Michael Pfleghar
Michael Pfleghar
Director
Michael Pfleghar
Michael Pfleghar
Writer
Hansjürgen Pohland
Hansjürgen Pohland
Writer
Peter Laregh
Peter Laregh
Writer
Curt Goetz
Curt Goetz
Novel
Hansjürgen Pohland
Hansjürgen Pohland
Producer
Heinz Kiessling
Heinz Kiessling
Music
Ernst Wild
Ernst Wild
Director of Photography
Margot von Schlieffen
Margot von Schlieffen
Editor

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