An encounter with a blind man ends unexpectedly for Susan Howard. The supposedly helpless man stuns and kidnaps her. The case is handed over by the Home Secretary to Sir John, the head of Scotland Yard. He entrusts Chief Inspector Higgins and Superintendent Lane with the investigation. Their investigations quickly lead Higgins and Lane on the trail of murder, white slavery and blackmail.
Lady Osborne's gardener becomes the victim of a burglar when he catches him in the Lady's house. Soon more mysterious murders occur and Inspectors Higgins and Lane suspect a connection between the victims and the Lady's long-dead husband.
Whenever a criminal is killed in London, a black Jaguar is nearby, with a white cat always sitting in the passenger seat. Inspector Higgins and Inspector Lane find a joker card on all the victims. Their investigation leads them to a diamond smuggling ring.
Где-то в провинции Германии: около 1930 года у кинорассказчика умирала профессия. Это тем более трагично, что он делает то, что делает со страстью: стареющий мужчина произносит слова к немым фильмам, показываемым вживую, и сопровождает некоторые сцены своей собственной музыкой, играя на скрипке. Но сейчас в порталы кинотеатра «Аполлон» стучится новая эра, и это не означает ничего хорошего для кинематографиста: звуковой фильм требует признания, и это знаменует конец его профессии. Однако для жены Мари, которая никогда не слишком любила жизнь своего мужа в темном царстве мерцающих образов и часто спорит с ним, эта потеря бессмысленна. Владелец кинотеатра Тейльхабер скоро полностью перейдет на звуковое кино и больше не нуждается в киномане, так что старик с мертвой работой скоро будет сидеть на улице. По крайней мере, его гораздо более молодая любовница Марга все еще на его стороне, но она также не может найти сказочнику новую работу.
In this mystery/thriller based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, Nico Thomkins (Udo Schenk), a writer, and his wife Helen (Anke Sevenich) are in the habit of playing games with one another. Even while they are breaking up, they are sufficiently in tune with one another to continue this practice. When the writer's wife takes off without leaving a note behind, people begin to suspect that he may have murdered her, and he plays along with this notion to the point of planting clues which would incriminate him. Obviously, no one with a shred of common sense would do such a thing, and these tricks get him into trouble. However, his troubles don't really begin until he starts to search for her in earnest.
Film version of the musical by the same name: Sunnie, a girl from the province, comes to Berlin to meet rock star Johnnie who had given her his address after a concert. On the subway to Kreuzberg, Sunnie becomes acquainted with a couple of strange people, among them "asphalt cowboy" Bambi. Bambi tells Sunnie that Johnnie’s address in Kreuzberg does not exist. Together, Sunnie and Bambi try to find the rock star in bustling metropolitan Berlin.
