The Monk with the Whip (German: Der Mönch mit der Peitsche) is a 1967 West German mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas and Grit Boettcher.[1] It is inspired by the 1926 novel The Black Abbot and subsequent 1927 play The Terror by Edgar Wallace which also served as the basis for the 1965 film The Sinister Monk. It was made as part of Rialto Film's long-running series of film adaptations of Wallace's works.
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| Directed by | Alfred Vohrer |
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| Produced by | Horst Wendlandt |
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| Cinematography | Karl Löb |
| Edited by | Jutta Hering |
| Music by | Martin Böttcher |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The sets were designed by the art director Walter Kutz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in West Berlin.
The film was released in the U.S. as The College Girl Murders.[2]
Cast
- Joachim Fuchsberger as Inspektor Higgins
- Uschi Glas as Ann Portland
- Grit Boettcher as Betty Falks
- Konrad Georg as Keyston
- Harry Riebauer as Mark Denver
- Tilly Lauenstein as Harriet Foster
- Ilse Pagé as Sekretärin
- Siegfried Rauch as Frank Keeney
- Claus Holm as Glenn Powers
- Günter Meisner as Greaves
- Hans Epskamp as Bannister
- Heinz Spitzner as Harrison
- Jan Hendriks as Brent
- Rudolf Schündler as Sergeant Hanfield
- Narziß Sokatscheff as Cress Bartling
- Tilo von Berlepsch as Polizeiarzt
- Kurt Waitzmann as Carrington
- Suzanne Roquette as Mary Houston
- Susanne Hsiao as June Bell
- Inge Sievers as Mildred Miller
- Ewa Strömberg as Pam Walsbury
- Bruno W. Pantel as Busschaffner
- Kurt Buecheler as Winston Robson
- Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John
References
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
- Pitts, Michael R. Thrills Untapped: Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1936. McFarland, 2018.
