''He Can't Stop Doing It'' (German: ''Er kann's nicht lassen'') is a 1962 West German mystery film directed by

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and starring

Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...

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and

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.
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'' stories by

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, Rühmann reprising his role from the 1960 film '' The Black Sheep''. It is part in the post-war tradition of German krimi films, similar to the ongoing series of Edgar Wallace adaptations. The film's sets were designed by the

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and

Herbert Strabel Herbert Strabel (14 October 1927 – 21 October 2017) was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Cabaret''. He died a week after his 90th birt ...

. It was shot at the

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and on location at Anif Palace near

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, doubling for Darroway Castle in the film. Other filming took place in

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itself.

Cast

as Pater Brown *

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as Bruce Payne *

as Berenice * Ruth-Maria Kubitschek as Mrs. Holland *

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as Inspektor O'Connally *

Lina Carstens Lina Carstens (6 December 1892 in Wiesbaden – 22 September 1978 in Munich) was a German film and theater actress. On stage she appeared in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann, Arthur Schnitzler, and August Strindberg, and in her old age she starred in the ...

as Mrs. Smith *

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as Simpson *

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as O'Leary * Rainer Penkert as Lord Gilbert Darroway *

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as Joshua *

Otto Schmöle Otto Schmöle (1890–1968) was a German actor. Filmography Bibliography * Kulik, Karol. ''Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles''. Virgin Books, 1990. External links * 1890 births 1968 deaths German male film actors Actors fr ...

as Lord Bannister * E.O. Fuhrmann as Malone *

Uli Steigberg Uli may refer to: * Uli, Iran, a village * Uli, Anambra, a town in Nigeria *Uli I of Mali *Uli (design), by the Igbo people of Nigeria *Uli figure, from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea *Uli (food), a rice-based food * ISO 639 code for the Ulithian la ...

as Oliver Lynn * Hans-Dieter Jendreyko as Sam *

Paul Glawion Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

as Kellner *

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as Kundin *

as Bischof

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1962 films 1960s mystery films Adaptations of works by G. K. Chesterton Films about Catholic priests Films based on short fiction Films directed by Axel von Ambesser Films set in Ireland 1960s German-language films German mystery films German sequel films West German films Bavaria Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1960s German films {{mystery-film-stub