Heinz Drache

A private detective tries to find out how and why some convicts have mysteriously disappeared from the prison of Dartmoor.

When a wealthy man dies, his avaricious relatives look forward to inheriting all his money. However, he leaves a provision in his will that they all must spend a week together in his castle before they will be able to inherit anything. At the castle (which is cut off from the outside world), the relatives soon begin to be killed off one by one, each strangled with an Indian scarf.

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This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.

A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.

The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named "The Hexer" is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that "The Hexer" will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon bodies start piling up, and it looks as if "The Hexer" may get away yet again.

Arthur Milton aka Der Hexer (The Magician/Ringer) must return to London after his calling card was left at the scene of a murder he did not commit.

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Scotland Yard investigates a series of murders where the victims have died by snake venom poisoning.

A "mufti" version of Hamlet, with young Hardy Krüger trying to prove that his uncle has killed his father. Direct references to the Shakespeare original abound, right down to the re-enactment of the crime for the benefit of the Uncle and the periodic appearances of the ghost of the hero's father.'

Erik, in love with Magda, the fiancée of Georg, his boss, secretly sends her roses every night.

Scotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle.

A rich man bequeaths seven keys to seven of his friends, but only one will unlock the door to untold wealth.

When a lighthouse keeper takes in a seal in need and gives to his children to look after, the whole family is drawn into the shadowy world of illegal seal poaching. The family then finds themselves leading the fight to rid their coastal town of the criminals and save the seals.

A former district officer is assigned to work on a team of diamond prospectors, who are busy double crossing each other until they are blown up having found bullion.

B 501, a newly developed controller for missiles, has disappeared despite the strict surveillance. Phillippe Tissout is sent by his boss to Paris to take over the case.

A private detective finds the limp body of a young Chinese beauty in his office, shot with his own gun.

The up-and-coming designer Marie Haller falls in love with Max, the noble heirs of Wartenborg's well-known Kristallschleiferei - without knowing that he is her half-brother. When Marie learns the truth about her ancestry and shortly thereafter Max is killed in a tragic accident, she turns away in dismay from the noble family.

A maniac is loose in London, decapitating his victims and sending the heads to Scotland Yard.

The true story of a German agent sent to the USA in 1944 in order to stop the development of the atomic bomb.

Stories about tenants of a house.

While working as an accountant in his uncle's factory, talented young pianist Peter dreams of becoming a famous composer. When he shows his work to a producer, he manages to convince him to give him a chance. From time to time he gets bigger contracts that keep him more and more away from home and his young wife Elisa. When he "discovers" and supports a pretty ballerina in Munich, a rumor starts that he's having an affair. He fails to realize that his marriage is threatened.

To the dismay of his tradition-conscious father, the young Count Carl von Wildberg-Reutlingen has become engaged to a commoner. When his older brother Alexander dies in a hunting accident, Carl finds himself in the role of heir to the house. In order to prevent the family estate from falling to the state, Carl has to sacrifice his great love, as he must now continue the family line by marrying a noblewoman.

Horst, the 18-year-old son of a factory owner, and 17-year-old Karin dream up their future together in the most beautiful colors. Newly married, however, they don't float on cloud nine as they had hoped, but sink into the dreary everyday life of marriage. While Horst ends his school career prematurely, Karin seeks help from her father-in-law.