Das Verrätertor 1964 - Director: Freddie Francis
Klaus Kinski
This 1964 krimi departs from the norm in two obvious ways. First, it’s a West German / UK co-production, with Freddie Francis in the director’s chair and Jimmy Sangster – concealed beneath his Henry Samson pseudonym – responsible for adapting the Edgar Wallace source novel. Second, it’s got a different emphasis from usual, with no murder mystery component whatsoever. Instead it is more of a heist thriller in the tradition of Jules Dassin’s Rififi, with a gang of jewel thieves hatching the audacious plan of stealing the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
(Source: retrografix.blogspot.de)
