Der Henker ist unterwegs (1958)

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Der Henker ist unterwegs: Directed by Don Siegel. With Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Mary LaRoche. In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.

“I was relaxing in my easy chair when I saw this film pop up on one of the mystery cable channels. I was very surprised and pleased at what I saw. First of all, the comments made about this film having great views of San Francisco are 100% true. I love u0026quot;noiru0026quot; films that set a city mood, and this was probably the best film that ever set a u0026quot;San Francisco moodu0026quot; with the possible exception of Dirty Harry. A friend of mine lived near the Cliff House and seeing Seal Rock Road and the Sutro Museum (used to be the Sutro Baths) was just incredible. Its just a hole in the ground now. Pier 39, now an over-sized shopping mall, was great to see as well when it was an actual shipping pier. And the movie itself was quite good. Eli Wallach played a sadistic, yet somewhat complex criminal who had no morals and yet showed flashes of compassion. Brian Keithu0026#39;s Father Robert played his mentor with excellence and style. This film was no high budget spectacular but more then made up for it with Siegelu0026#39;s excellent direction and great location scenes. I immediately went online to IMDb to try and buy the VHS or DVD but imagine my surprise when I saw it wasnu0026#39;t available! CMON, LETS SEE THIS ONE COME ONTO DVD!!!!”

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