Acting

Frank Straass

Born 1924-12-16

Acting credits

The Inn on the River poster
6.8

A serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway.

The Inn on the River

1962

The Secret of the Red Orchid poster
5.8

Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.

The Secret of the Red Orchid

1962

Mark of the Tortoise poster
6.6

English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by “The Tortoise” Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.00 Pounds to stay alive and not be murdered. After his refusal to pay the money, he is quickly killed. Cyrus‘ nephew, Don Micklem, plans to avenge the death of his uncle and sets out on a quest to expose “The Tortoise“…

Mark of the Tortoise

1964

Murderers Club of Brooklyn poster
8.8

Fifth Jerry Cotton Movie. A rich capitalist is blackmailed and threatened with the murder of his daughter.

Murderers Club of Brooklyn

1967

No artwork available
7.0

Detective Heinz Ebelings car breaks down with a broken windshield and a defective fuel pump on the way to Frankfurt. On the way to the next village, Ebeling witnesses a murder and other crimes, which he tries to solve.

Nerze nachts am Straßenrand

1973

The Violin Case Murders poster
7.0

The first film adaptation of Jerry Cotton. FBI agents Jerry Cotton and Phil Decker are tracing a group of six murderers. Disguised as a vagabond Jerry Cotton infiltrates the gang. Kitty, the leader's girlfriend, soon becomes Jerry's most important helper. With her help, he's able to prevent a bomb's explosion in a school. The deadly attack on a rich collector he can not prevent. The gangsters flee with the loot and a hunt to the death begins ...

The Violin Case Murders

1965

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Comenius

1975

Faneflukt poster
6.3

The young kitchen maid Liv and the German officer Franz meet in the military camp where Liv works. They develop a friendship and decides to flee to Sweden.

Faneflukt

1975

Kim Philby war der dritte Mann poster
7.0

Kim Philby is the best British professional spy. The only difference is that, as a leading official in the British secret service, he not only works for the British side, but also as a double agent for the Soviets. He is supported by the diplomats Burgess and McLean.

Kim Philby war der dritte Mann

1969

Auftrag: Mord! poster
7.0

The unscrupulous bar owner Otto Grolbek hires the masseur Janos Klewe to murder his landlady. He then wants to inherit her and get his hands on some urgently needed money. But things turn out differently than planned: Janos is killed during the attempted murder in Portugal and Vera returns to Germany terrified. Now Otto has to commit the crime himself and kills his landlady. He disguises the crime perfectly, but has not reckoned with Inspector Mungowski's subtlety ...

Auftrag: Mord!

1970