Edgar Wallace - Watch Order: Fuchsberger Films

1959 - 197213 Films20h 8m3.5 Average

Joachim Fuchsberger, the Edgar Wallace series' most beloved leading man, appeared in many films as various stalwart detectives and resourceful protagonists. He became the face of the franchise, embodying the ideal of the determined investigator.

From the series debut through the final giallo-influenced entries, Fuchsberger's performances anchor many of the most memorable films. His natural charisma and reliability made him the perfect hero for these atmospheric crime thrillers, and his presence guaranteed quality entertainment.

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Fellowship of the Frog

19591h 29m3.5
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Siegfried Lowitz, Eddi Arent, Elfie von Kalckreuth, Walter Wilz

Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. This moniker refers to the bulging-eyed mask worn by the evildoer, and is reflected by the frog icons painfully tatooed onto the forearms of his henchmen. The trail leads to the country manor of an enigmatic, steely-eyed nabob, whose repressed son has eyes for the artistes at the Lolita cabaret, and whose lovely daughter captures the fancy of both the American playboy and the villain himself. Murder, kidnapping and seduction ensue.

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The Terrible People

19601h 32m4.2
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Karl-Georg Saebisch, Eddi Arent

The ghost of a hanged man returns to fulfill his promise. All of his accusers must die!

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Dead Eyes of London

19611h 38m3.3
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Eddi Arent, Wolfgang Lukschy, Dieter Borsche

A disfigured killer with glazed-over white eyes is doing the dirty work so that an insurance agent-doctor can get the victims' insurance money.

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The Devil's Daffodil

19611h 34m2.9
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Sabine Sesselmann, Klaus Kinski, Ingrid van Bergen, Christopher Lee

A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.

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The Strange Countess

19611h 35m3.4
Director: Josef von Báky
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Marianne Hoppe, Rudolf Fernau, Richard Häussler

Strange fortune hunters are behind a girl's murder in this Edgar Wallace tale.

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The Inn on the River

19621h 32m3.6
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Klaus Kinski, Eddi Arent

A serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway.

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The Curse of the Yellow Snake

19631h 40m3.1
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Pinkas Braun, Doris Kirchner, Charles Regnier

A Chinese cult bent on taking over the world uses an idol called The Golden Reptile that they believe can give them the power to achieve their goal.

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The Black Abbot

19631h 29m3.2
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Grit Boettcher, Dieter Borsche, Charles Regnier, Eva Ingeborg Scholz

Several employees on a nobleman's estate show up at a former abbey, reputed to be haunted, to search for a hidden treasure. Howver, a mysterious hooded figure begins killing off those who may have figured out where the treasure is hidden.

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Room 13

19641h 29m3.3
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Richard Häussler, Walter Rilla, Siegfried Schürenberg

A serial-killer is murdering the ladies of a night club. Detective Gray is seeking for the killer but can only find a lot of gangsters. And the killer is about to act again...

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The Mysterious Magician

19641h 25m3.9
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Heinz Drache, Sophie Hardy, Siegfried Lowitz, Margot Trooger

The sister of a famous, but as yet uncaught, criminal named "The Hexer" is murdered. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard believes that "The Hexer" will surface to take his revenge on his sister's killers, and plans to set a trap to finally capture him. However, soon bodies start piling up, and it looks as if "The Hexer" may get away yet again.

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The College Girl Murders

19671h 28m3.5
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas, Grit Boettcher, Siegfried Schürenberg, Konrad Georg

Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas

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The Zombie Walks

19681h 30m3.5
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Siw Mattson, Hubert von Meyerinck, Wolfgang Kieling, Pinkas Braun

A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.

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What Have You Done to Solange?

19721h 47m3.8
Director: Massimo Dallamano
Cast: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger, Günther Stoll

After several Catholic school pupils are murdered, a teacher who is having an affair with one of his students becomes a suspect. When other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.

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