''Dead Body on Broadway'' () is a 1969
German thriller film
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directed by
Harald Reinl
Harald Reinl (8 July 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria – 9 October 1986 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) was an Austrian film director. He is known for the films he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books (see Karl May movies and Edgar Wallace ...
and starring
George Nader,
Heinz Weiss and
Heidy Bohlen. It is the final entry in the series of films portraying FBI agent
Jerry Cotton.
[Blake, Deal, p. 61f]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Ernst H. Albrecht. It was shot at the
Tempelhof Studios in
Berlin
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.
Plot
Cotton is called in to investigate a crime on
Broadway because an FBI agent has died while working undercover. Before his demise he concealed the booty from a recent huge robbery in an unknown location. All of the culprits are arrested by the FBI but the main villain, Costello, is soon broken free by a hitherto rivaling gang. His new accomplices presume he knows the location of the booty and he tries to live up to their expectations. The demised agent's girlfriend, Cindy, realizes she needs protection. Jerry Cotton obliges and stops at nothing to catch Costello.
Cast
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1969 films
West German films
1960s crime thriller films
German crime thriller films
German sequel films
1960s German-language films
Films directed by Harald Reinl
Foreign films set in the United States
Films based on crime novels
Films based on German novels
Constantin Film films
Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
1960s German films
Films scored by Peter Thomas (composer)
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