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Die unheimlichen Briefe(2002)
Status: Released
Date: 2002-04-12
55%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
Strange, rhymed advertisements in the TIMES unsettle three London gangsters - and rightly so, because soon the first of them are killed. The mysterious killer also catches a shady lawyer. Higgins and Lane find out that the key to the crimes is an unsolved diamond heist from jeweler Bolden. It looks like those involved are fighting over the loot. Eventually, it turns out that the "robbery" was actually a set-up insurance scam that Bolden was personally behind and that killed his employee. Shortly before the last survivor is sent to the afterlife, Higgins and Lane are able to confront the "invisible" murderer.
Languages: German.
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Germany
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Movie: Die unheimlichen Briefe
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gunter Berger
Inspektor Higgins
Mariella Ahrens
Barbara Lane
Eddi Arent
Sir John
Udo Schenk
William Bolden
Julia Richter
Peggy Lynch
Helen Vita
Lady Upperworth
Eva Ebner
Miss Thinwhister
Peggy Lukac
Ruth Bolden
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Strange, rhymed advertisements in the TIMES unsettle three London gangsters - and rightly so, because soon the first of them are killed. The mysterious killer also catches a shady lawyer. Higgins and Lane find out that the key to the crimes is an unsolved diamond heist from jeweler Bolden. It looks like those involved are fighting over the loot. Eventually, it turns out that the "robbery" was actually a set-up insurance scam that Bolden was personally behind and that killed his employee. Shortly before the last survivor is sent to the afterlife, Higgins and Lane are able to confront the "invisible" murderer.
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2002-04-12
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