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Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-11-27
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Time: 1h 44m
First of a series of thrillers based on the novels of Nicolas Freeling
Overview:
Dutch police inspector Piet Van der Valk finds himself repeatedly crossing paths wiht the beautiful yet troubled Lucienne Englebert, the daughter of a famous conductor recently killed in a car accident. Whern the maverick inspector investigates the seemingly senseless killing of a man in Amsertdam, will Lucienne turn up again?
Languages: German.
Countries:
Germany,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Iduna Film Produktiongesellschaft
Movie: Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
Top 10 Billed Cast
Frank Finlay
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Cyd Hayman
Lucienne Englebert
Françoise Arnoul
Solange de Winter
Oskar Homolka
Hoofdcommissaris Samson
Werner Finck
Mankiewicz
Pierre Vaneck
Stam
Françoise Prévost
Arlette van der Valk
Hans Járay
Englebert
Günter Lamprecht
Bernard Neefs
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Overview
Dutch police inspector Piet Van der Valk finds himself repeatedly crossing paths wiht the beautiful yet troubled Lucienne Englebert, the daughter of a famous conductor recently killed in a car accident. Whern the maverick inspector investigates the seemingly senseless killing of a man in Amsertdam, will Lucienne turn up again?
Release Date
1974-11-27
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First of a series of thrillers based on the novels of Nicolas Freeling
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