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It Happened in Broad Daylight

It Happened in Broad Daylight

7,4 /10 (148 Votes)
1958 DE 100 min

Overview

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.

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Release date

09/06/1958

Votes

148

Popularity

0.6

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Status

Released

Original title

Es geschah am hellichten Tag

Language

DE

Runtime

100 min

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John Chard

John Chard

2014-11-30

⭐ 8

There Are Such Monsters In The World. Es geschan am hellichten Tag (It Happened in Broad Daylight) is directed by Ladislao Vajda and collectively written by Vajda, Hans Jacoby and Friedrich Durrenmatt, from the Novel The Promise. It stars Heinz Ruhmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz, Michel Simon and Gert Frobe. Music is by Bruno Canfora and cinematography is by Ernst Bolliger and Heinrich Gartner. When a child is found murdered in the woods, Oberleutnant Matthai (Ruhmann) promises the child’s parents he will find the killer. It’s a promise that weighs heavy on him, causing him to go…

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