It Happened in Broad Daylight

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.

Cast

Heinz Rühmann

as Oberleutnant Matthäi

Sigfrit Steiner

as Det. Feller

Siegfried Lowitz

as Lt. Heinzi

Michel Simon

as Jacquier

Heinrich Gretler

as Polizeikommandant

Gert Fröbe

as Schrott

Berta Drews

as Frau Schrott

Ewald Balser

as Prof. Manz

María Rosa Salgado

as Frau Heller

Anita von Ow

as Annemarie Heller

Reviews

John Chard

There Are Such Monsters In The World. Es geschan am hellichten Tag (It Happened in Broad Daylight) is directed by Ladislao Vajda and collectively written by Vajda, Hans Jacoby and Friedrich Durrenmatt, from the Novel The Promise. It stars Heinz Ruhmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz, Michel S...

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