Uschi Glas Movies

This uneven thriller directed by Umberto Lenzi was the final Rialto Film Company adaptation of an Edgar Wallace mystery (The Puzzle of the Silver Half-Moons), as tastes were changing and the German "krimi" genre was dying in favor of the sexier, bloodier Italian "giallo." In this awkward German-Italian co-production, Lenzi straddles the two genres with confused results. The story concerns a young man named Mario (Antonio Sabato), whose pretty wife Julia (Uschi Glass) narrowly escapes being the third victim of a maniacal killer. The police are baffled, but Julia recognizes seeing the other two victims at an old hotel on the same day several years before. There were actually seven women there on that day, and one of them left the scene of a car accident where an American named Frank Saunders bled to death. Mario tries to find out who the killer is by shaking down a gay heroin addict who later hangs himself, while the police make observations such as "All criminals are out of their minds." The solution is completely predictable, but Lenzi provides some effective suspense sequences and gore to keep it interesting. Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk, Franco Fantasia, and Carla Mancini also appear, while Marisa Mell plays twin sisters, one of whom is brutally murdered with a power-drill. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

In this French police thriller, Le Guen (Jean Gabin) is an old-style police inspector, near retirement. When Gassot (Fabio Testi) escapes from the mental institute for the criminally insane, Le Guen is the best man to track him down. After all, he put him away years before. Gassot leaves behind a string of corpses and takes up with a prostitute while Le Guen chases him. Gerard Depardieu makes one of his first screen appearances here, in a small part. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

The crime novels of Edgar Wallace have enjoyed enormous popularity in Germany, and this movie thriller marks approximately the 30th time his novels have had a German screen adaptation. Sir John (Siegfried Schuerenberg) and Inspector Craig (Hansjoerg Felmy) of Scotland Yard travel all over the city of London in their attempt to unravel the evidence needed to put a big drug-smuggling organization out of business. There are certainly enough corpses to provide clues, as the gang they are pursuing is unusually desperate and ruthless.

































































































Thirtieth in a series of German language thrillers based on the novels of Edgar Wallace, this story concerns an international drug-smuggling cartel which carelessly murders large numbers of people. Siegfried Schuerenberg reprises his role as Sir John, and Hansjoerg Felmy takes a break from his stage work to appear as Inspector Craig, of Scotland Yard. Thanks to their efforts, the bad guys pay for their crimes. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

This internationally produced adaptation of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty is essentially a vehicle for Oliver star Mark Lester. The young Lester spends most of the film trying to reclaim his beautiful black horse, which passes through several hands over the course of 90 minutes. All the setpieces of the Sewell original are in attendance, including the showstopping "burning barn" sequence. Walter Slezak is the only truly recognizable actor in the film outside of Lester. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

This comedy finds a group of students playing a practical joke on the school director (Theo Lingen). His twin brother Taft went to Africa and struck it rich, and the two have not seen each other for 40 years. The students send him a letter stating his brother has passed away and he will inherit the fortune if he can adhere to certain conditions. They include taking care of a monkey, spending three weeks in jail, and letting the students pass the rest of their tests. Comedy ensues as he tries to meet the conditions of the bogus will as the students take advantage of the gullible educator. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

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

Peter (Roy Black) takes his friend's place as a college student when the latter decides to become a newspaper photographer. He decides his calling in life is romancing beautiful female students and heckling his stuffy instructor. He falls for the lovely Dagmar (Uschi Glas), as popular teen-age heartthrob Black delivers two songs in this gag-laden college comedy. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

A small Munich neighborhood is a favorite haunt for students, beatniks, and struggling artists and poets. Martin (Werner Enke) is a songwriter of dubious talents, and Henry (Henry van Lyck) is an out-of-work actor of similar ability. After Martin apathetically witnesses a burglary, he falls asleep. The indifferent Martin reports the incident to the police the next day, but ends up becoming a suspect. The boys meet a pretty girl from an upscale neighborhood, and soon she and Martin are hanging out together. The police arrive, wounding Martin when he brashly offends their dead-serious sensibilities. Immovable positions of authority meet head-on with careless youth in this film, the first for director May Spils. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

This comical story features three young people who will do almost anything to keep their gas station resort in business. In German only. ~ All Movie Guide