Eddie Arent Movies
German lead actor, onscreen from the '60s, Arent appeared in many detective thrillers. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1983
A local inn, housing 2 odd entertainers and various prostitutes, is threatened with foreclosure in this comedy. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1970
Love starved women flock to the male brothel known as the "yellow house." Run by a retired military man, the General keeps strict rules for the studs in his corral. No unwanted pregnancies, and absolutely no falling in love with the female clientele. On of the young men of the brothel falls for a pretty young woman outside the yellow house. Comedy ensues when the woman turns out to be the daughter of the rigid General. Faced with a moral dilemma, he considers selling the house when the young man's intentions turn out to be honorable. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tilly Lauenstein
- 1970
This family oriented comedy finds a grown up son caring for his younger siblings while their parent take a vacation in Spain. Left in his care is his 15year old sister, nine year old twins, and a four year old brother. A young female student border also is part of the household. He soon falls for the pretty student while the kids run wild out of the sight of parental supervision. Songs accompany the action which is all good clean fun for people of all ages. When the parents return, they are informed the young student will soon become their daughter-in-law. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hans Jurgen Baumler, Uschi Glas, (more)
- 1969
Andy (Roy Black) is the photographer who falls in love with Renata (Uschi Glas), the teacher at a hotel training school. He is called on to photograph her twin sister Hanna, the conceited model who is identical to her sister except for her haughty temperament. Comedy ensues when Andy can't tell the two twins apart. Black sings a few songs in this film geared for the teenage generation. Andy gets in several hilarious situations before he can tell which one is Renata, his true love. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roy Black, Uschi Glas, (more)
- 1969
- PG
A Scotland Yard inspector is called on to investigate a series of unsolved robberies in The Trygon Factor. Inspector Cooper-Smith (Stewart Granger) ends up at the country manor of a respectable English family. Livia Emberday (Cathleen Nesbitt) is the mistress of the house who has turned to crime to help bolster the finances of the once-monied family. With help from a group of bogus nuns, stolen goods end up in the warehouse of Hamlyn (Robert Morley), supposedly a respectable businessman. This 1966 feature also stars Susan Hampshire as Trudy, the daughter of the manor who is unaware of the criminal enterprise under her very nose. There are plenty of twists in the storyline of this often complex mystery feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire, (more)
- 1968
In this comedy, set in an Austrian mountain village, the town leaders conspire to attract tourists by touting a mythical "fountain of love" that runs nearby the village. When the minister of tourism discovers this, she immediately sends her agents to check out the veracity of the potentially scandalous water. After the village mayor declares a 3-day ban on sexual activity, he then plugs up the fountain. When the agents come, they find nothing. One of the agents wants to have his boss come and check it out personally, but changes his mind after he drinks some of the water. It really is an aphrodisiac! Soon tourists are arriving by the hundreds to sample the mysterious water. Unfortunately, the minister finds out and claims the water for the state. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eddie Arent, Hans-Juergen Baeumler, (more)
Based on an Edgar Wallace murder mystery this chiller centers on a Scotland Yard investigation of a series of puzzling deaths plaguing a traveling circus and the hunt for loot stolen from an armored car robbery. Suspects include the mask-wearing and disfigured lion tamer, a vengeful ringmaster, an insanely jealous knife-thrower, and a blackmailing dwarf called "Mr. Big." The film is also known as Circus of Fear. A German version was shot simultaneously with Psycho-Circus but used a different director. Though available in color in Great Britain, most of the American copies of the film are in black-and-white. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, (more)
- 1967
In this spy thriller, the top brass at the Central Intelligence Agency get an alarming message: a nuclear weapon is missing from the U.S. arsenal. They assign their best agent (Lex Barker) to the case to find out what happened, where it is and who has it. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
- 1967
A terrifying monk cuts a sinister figure in this grim story of blackmail murder and mayhem. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1966
Though based on an Edgar Wallace novel, Traitor's Gate was not part of the long-running British series of second features based on the works of Wallace. Albert Lieven plays a London businessman who doubles as a high-tech crook. He organizes an elite gang of thieves to steal the crown jewels. Their escape at sea is complicated by the rivalry between Lieven and his brother Gary Raymond. Traitor's Gate provides an interesting contrast to The Jokers (67), a "mod" comedy in which another pair of brothers pilfer the crown jewels. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1966
Although The Hunchback Of Soho is primarily a mystery, there are moments of levity, suspense, and horror that added to the tempo of the film. An American girl in London is kidnapped when she arrives to claim a sizeable inheritance, and a home for wayward girls is the scene of several unsolved murders, prompting Scotland Yard to send Inspector Hopkins Guernther Stoll to investigate. Stoll plays the part with comic flair as he tries to unravel the mystery. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Günther Stoll, Eddie Arent, (more)
- 1965
Based on an Edgar Wallace story, this is the story of a psychopath known as "The Wizard." Thought to be dead by the Scotland Yard, murders with his exact mode of operation in London suggests that he is not. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- 1964
In this western, an entry in the "Winnetou" series based on Germany's Karl May's novels, follows the attempts of two con men to cheat the Apaches out of their oil rights. They are foiled by Old Shatterhand and Winnetou, his Apache partner. The film was made on location in Yugoslavia. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, (more)
- 1964
This crime thriller contains enough comedy and blood to interest almost any movie fan. Shady underworld thugs gather in a seedy Soho hotel in Room 13 to plan a train robbery. They plan to rendezvous in the mansion of a member of Parliament who is being blackmailed for his ties to the gang 20 years earlier. Simultaneously, a mysterious slasher is murdering women with a straight razor. Jonny Gray (Joachim Fuschberger) is the detective who is called on to solve the robbery and the murders. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, (more)
- 1963
The German The Squeaker is the third film version of the Edgar Wallace mystery novel of the same name. The title character is an omnipotent "fence" who has cornered the diamond-smuggling racket. The fence travels in polite society under the guise of a wealthy philanthropist. A Scotland Yard detective pretends to be an ex-convict in order to infiltrate the Squeaker's gang and to track down the stolen gems. The Squeaker was one of several German Edgar Wallace adaptations of the 1960s, ground out simultaneously with Britain's long-running Wallace B-picture series. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Heinz Drache, Barbara Rutting, (more)
