After a long time, I saw a German Edgar Wallace film again and I was not surprised. Those films are about all the same. Klaus Kinski plays the dark guy, Eddi Arent the funny one and Joachim Fuchsberger the smart and handsome detective. The idea (blind men are forming a gang and kill wealthy old men in foggy nights) is extremely far-fetched this time but that's Edgar Wallace's fault and not that of the filmmakers. There are also too many coincidences to call it a crime story of great quality. Still, the film is well directed: in traditional black and white, thrilling and gruesome, but more serious than other films of the series like The Indian Scarf` for instance.
The solution of the crime is good, less far-fetched than the rest of it. On the whole, this is one of the best Edgar Wallace films and I've seen many, though it happened some time ago.
The solution of the crime is good, less far-fetched than the rest of it. On the whole, this is one of the best Edgar Wallace films and I've seen many, though it happened some time ago.