Who Drove the Grey Ford?

Who Drove the Grey Ford? (German: Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?) is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Otto Wernicke and starring Wernicke, Ursula Herking and Hilde Sessak.[1] Many scenes of the film were shot on location.

Who Drove the Grey Ford?
Directed byOtto Wernicke
Produced byPaul Pfeiffer
Written byKurt Joachim Fischer
Starring
Music byEmil Ferstl
CinematographyPaul Pfeiffer
Edited byWalter Boos
Production
company
Pfeiffer Filmproduktion
Distributed byBejöhr-Film
Release date
12 October 1950
Running time
94 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

In the American Zone of Germany shortly after the Second World War, a gang of criminals make a living from hijacking trucks full of valuable goods. A local police detective investigates.

Cast

  • Otto Wernicke as Kriminalkommissar Thieme
  • Ruth Hambrock as Renate Münster
  • Erich Scholz as Peteer 'Penny'
  • Ursula Herking as Hertha Sattler, Kriminalassistentin
  • Til Kiwe as Polizeirat Proske
  • Hilde Sessak as Kellnerin bei Edu Schröder
  • Marianne Gerzner as Rosl
  • Günther Erich Marsch as Jonny Dempf
  • Wolfgang Neuss as Uwe Lauterbach, 'Chef'
  • Dieter Sommer as Franz Heiner
  • Walter Vits-Mühlen as US-Kriminalkommissar Nelson
  • Walter Pott as Edu Schröder, Wirt
  • Abi von Hasse as Kriminalassistent Gillhausen
  • Herbert Doberauer
  • Georg Zimmermann as Hamerski, Oberpostschaffner

References

  1. Davidson & Hake p. 59

Bibliography

  • Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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