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directed by

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and starring

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Heinz Weiss Heinz Weiss (12 June 192120 November 2010) was a German film actor. Weiss is best known for playing the role of Phil Decker in the Jerry Cotton series of films and the role of Captain Heinz Hansen in ''Das Traumschiff''. He also played the chara ...

, and

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. It was part of the

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series of films. The film was shot at the

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took place in

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and

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Plot

A gang of kidnappers is specialized in abducting children of top managers. Jerry Cotton's mission is to save the children and to arrest the gangsters. His first attempts backfire. One of the abducted kids gets killed and then Jerry's colleague Phil is taken hostage. Before he succeeds, Jerry has to discover the criminals have a secret partner on the inside.

Cast

as Jerry Cotton *

Phil Decker Phil Decker is a fictional character in Heinz Werner Höber's ''Jerry Cotton'' novels. He is Cotton's sidekick and a fellow FBI agent. Subsequently, he appeared in the films ''Manhattan Night of Murder'' (1965), '' Tread Softly'' (1965) and six o ...

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as Bryan Dyers *

Karel Štěpánek Karel Štěpánek (29 October 189925 December 1980) was a Czech actor who spent many years in Austria and generally played German roles onscreen. In 1940 he moved to Britain and spent much of the rest of his career acting there. Partial filmo ...

as Dyers *

Helga Anders Helga Anders (11 January 1948 – 30 March 1986) was an Austrian actress. She was born Helga Scherz in Innsbruck, to an Austrian father and a German mother, and she grew up in Ruhpolding and Bielefeld after her parents divorced. She made her ...

as Edna Cormick *Helmut Kircher as Burnie Johnson *

Heinz Reincke Karl-Heinz Reincke (28 May 1925 – 13 July 2011) was a German-born actor, long-based in Vienna. Selected filmography Films *'' A Heart Returns Home'' (1956) - Besselmann *'' Confessions of Felix Krull'' (1957) - Stanko *''Tolle Nacht'' (1957 ...

as Sam *

Helmuth Rudolph Helmuth Rudolph (1900–1971) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * ''The Last Waltz'' (1934) * '' Blum Affair'' (1948) * '' Blocked Signals'' (1948) * ''Love '47'' (1949) * ''The Prisoner'' (1949) * ''Don' ...

as Mr. Johnson *

Dagmar Lassander Dagmar Lassander (born as Dagmar Regine Hager on 16 June 1943) is a German actress. The character of Lassander Dagmar in the Italian-influenced 2015 horror film '' We Are Still Here'' is named after her. Early life and career She was born in ...

as Jean Dyers *Wolfgang Weiser as Harry Long

References

External links

* 1960s crime thriller films German crime thriller films German sequel films West German films Films directed by Werner Jacobs Films set in the United States Films based on crime novels Films based on German novels Color sequels of black-and-white films Constantin Film films Films shot at Wandsbek Studios 1960s German films {{Crime-thriller-film-stub