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The Squeaker (1931 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Squeaker' (German: 'Der Zinker') is a 1931 German crime film directed by Martin Fri and Karel Lama and starring Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Fritz Rasp. It is an adaptation of the 1927 Edgar Wallace novel 'The Squeaker'. This adaptation introduced the mix of suspense and comedy that would come to define numerous German Wallace adaptations over the following decades.Bergfelder p.145 Lama followed it up with another Wallace film 'The Ringer' in 1932. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinz Fenchel. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and on location in Prague.
Cast
* Lissy Arna as Lillie / Millie Trent
* Karl Ludwig Diehl as Captain Leslie
* Fritz Rasp as Frank Sutton
* Peggy Norman as Beryl Stedman, seine Nichte
* Paul Hrbiger as Josuah Harras, Reporter
* S. Z. Sakall as Bill "Billy" Anerley
* Robert Thoeren as Charles "Charly" Tillmann
* John Mylong as Harry "Juwelen Harry" Webber
* Ernest Reicher as Inspektor Elford, Scotland Yard
* Karl Forest as Sergeant Miller
* Fritz Greiner as Falschspieler
* Marianne Kupfer as Zena
* Antonie Jaeckel as Garderobiere im 'Leopard-Club'
See also
* 'The Squeaker' (1930)
* 'The Squeaker' (1937)
* 'The Squeaker' (1963)
References
Bibliography
* Bergfelder, Tim. 'International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s'. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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