This early krimi is once again adapted from the works of Edgar Wallace although less horrific and atmospheric than some later additions to the genre. Heinz Drache plays a detective called in to investigate when a figure known to the authorities is found dead, his head by the roadside in a cardboard box! Drache's investigations lead him to a film set, where he romances a pretty young extra and tangles with a mysterious aristocrat living in the area. The film is a little bogged down in an overwhelm of dialogue early on but soon gets into its stride in the second half, and it builds to a nice gothic climax. Watch out for the ugly racism rearing its head throughout, however...
Review of The Avenger
