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Rating: 6.5 stars

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black and white literary adaptation german krimi London criminal mastermind masked criminal murder blackmail robbery kidnapping infiltration undercover scotland yard investigation amateur detective butler hangman wrongly accused edgar wallace

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Fellowship of the Frog (1959)

Directed by Harald Reinl

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. This moniker refers to the bulging-eyed mask worn by the evildoer, and is reflected by the frog icons painfully tatooed onto the forearms of his henchmen. The trail leads to the country manor of an enigmatic, steely-eyed nabob, whose repressed son has eyes for the artistes at the Lolita cabaret, and whose lovely daughter captures the fancy of both the American playboy and the villain himself. Murder, kidnapping and seduction ensue.

Length 89 minutes

Actors

Joachim Fuchsberger | Siegfried Lowitz | Eddi Arent | Elfie von Kalckreuth | Walter Wilz | Carl Lange | Dieter Eppler | Jochen Brockmann | Ernst Fritz Fürbringer | Eva Pflug | Fritz Rasp | Erwin Strahl | Ulrich Beiger | Michel Hildesheim | Charlotte Scheier-Herold | Benno Gellenbeck | Werner Hedman | Günther Jerschke | Holger Munk | Olaf Ussing | Carl Ottosen | Reinhard Kolldehoff

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I finally decided to start watching the lengthy list of krimi that Jay gave me for my birthday. This first film is quite enjoyable with all the pulp elements you want in a good late 50s crime thriller. These remind me of the old crime serials like Curse of the Crimson Skull and the Dr. Mabuse movies.

Also known as The Face of the Frog and The Frog with the Mask (which is the literal interpretation of the German title. Putting my four years of high school German to some use!).

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