Creature with the Blue Hand (German: Die blaue Hand) is a West German horror film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Harald Leipnitz, Klaus Kinski and Ilse Steppat.[1] It is based on the 1925 novel The Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace and was part of a long-running series of adaptations made by Rialto Film. The film's plot involves the police tracking a killer known as the Blue Hand. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Kutz and Wilhelm Vorwerg.
| Creature with the Blue Hand | |
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| Directed by | Alfred Vohrer[1] |
| Screenplay by | Herbert Reinecker[1] |
| Based on | The Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace[1] |
| Produced by | Horst Wendlandt[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ernst W. Kalinke[1] |
| Edited by | Jutta Hering[1] |
| Music by | Martin Böttcher[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film[1] |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | West Germany[1] |
Cast
edit- Harald Leipnitz as Inspector Craig
- Klaus Kinski as Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
- Carl Lange as Dr. Albert Mangrove
- Ilse Steppat as Lady Emerson
- Hermann Lenschau as Lawyer Douglas
- Diana Körner as Myrna Emerson
- Gudrun Genest as Nurse Harris
- Albert Bessler as Butler Anthony
- Richard Haller as Edward Appleton / The Blue Hand
- Ilse Pagé as Miss Mabel Finley
- Fred Haltiner as Warder Reynolds
- Peter Parten as Robert Emerson
- Thomas Danneberg as Charles Emerson
- Heinz Spitzner as Judge
- Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John
Release
editCreature with the Blue Hand was released in 1967.[2] The film was bought by New World Pictures and issued as a double feature in the United States with Beast of the Yellow Night.[3] The film was later re-edited in 1987 with new gore inserts by producer Sam Sherman and released to home video as The Bloody Dead.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Die blaue Hand". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ a b Pitts, Michael R. (2004). Famous Movie Detectives III. Scarecrow Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8108-3690-7.
- ^ Koetting, Christopher T (2009). Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures. Hemlock Books. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-9557774-1-7.
Bibliography
edit- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.