Edgar Wallace Movies: Release Order

1959 - 197239 Films59h 13m3.3 Average

The Edgar Wallace films featured here are specifically the German Krimi productions from 1959 to 1972, which created a popular and distinctive subgenre of crime cinema. This series began with Der Frosch mit der Maske and sparked a cultural phenomenon in Germany that lasted over a decade.

While each film tells a standalone mystery story, they share a consistent gothic atmosphere, recurring cast members like Joachim Fuchsberger and Klaus Kinski, and the iconic opening "Hallo, hier spricht Edgar Wallace." The early black-and-white films established the classic style, while later color productions and Italian co-productions gradually moved away from the original formula before the series concluded in 1972.

There are 7 other watch orders available – see the links up above.

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Fellowship of the Frog poster

Fellowship of the Frog

19591h 29m3.5
Original Title: Der Frosch mit der Maske
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Siegfried Lowitz, Eddi Arent, Elfie von Kalckreuth, Walter Wilz

Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth pursue a master criminal known as The Frog, who wears a distinctive bulging-eyed mask and marks his henchmen with frog tattoos. The investigation leads to a mysterious country manor where romance, murder, and kidnapping complicate the hunt for the elusive villain.

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The Red Circle poster

The Red Circle

19601h 30m3.1
Original Title: Der rote Kreis
Director: Jürgen Roland
Cast: Klausjürgen Wussow, Renate Ewert, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Fritz Rasp, Eddi Arent

A mysterious red circle appears on a man's neck after he's saved from execution, becoming a family curse that haunts each generation. The strange mark leads to a cycle of blackmail and murder as the family struggles with its dark legacy.

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The Avenger

19601h 39m4.1
Original Title: Der Rächer
Director: Karl Anton
Cast: Heinz Drache, Ingrid van Bergen, Benno Sterzenbach, Ina Duscha, Ludwig Linkmann

A serial killer terrorizes London by decapitating victims and taunting Scotland Yard with the severed heads.

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The Terrible People

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

A vengeful spirit returns from beyond the grave to exact revenge on those who wronged him in life.

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The Green Archer

19611h 29m3.4
Original Title: Der grüne Bogenschütze
Director: Jürgen Roland
Cast: Klausjürgen Wussow, Karin Dor, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Völz, Eddi Arent

When American emigre Abel Bellamy returns to his English country estate, the ghost of the Green Archer—a legendary 14th century Robin Hood figure—begins terrorizing the manor once again. As Bellamy's niece arrives to live in the adjacent mansion, mysterious events unfold around this spectral figure's true identity and motives.

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Dead Eyes of London

19611h 38m3.3
Original Title: Die toten Augen von London
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Baal, Eddi Arent, Wolfgang Lukschy, Dieter Borsche

A disfigured killer with distinctive white eyes carries out murders to help an insurance agent-doctor collect victims' life insurance payouts.

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The Devil's Daffodil

19611h 34m2.9
Original Title: Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Sabine Sesselmann, Klaus Kinski, Ingrid van Bergen, Christopher Lee

A Chinese detective investigates a drug smuggling operation that uses an ingenious method of hiding heroin in daffodil stems, while also hunting for a mysterious killer known as the "Daffodil Killer".

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The Forger of London

19611h 33m2.6
Original Title: Der Fälscher von London
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Karin Dor, Hellmut Lange, Siegfried Lowitz, Mady Rahl, Walter Rilla

A wealthy playboy becomes the prime suspect when counterfeiters flood the country with fake money, but his claimed amnesia complicates the investigation.

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The Strange Countess

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

Fortune hunters become entangled in a mysterious murder case in this Edgar Wallace mystery thriller.

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Secret of the Red Orchid

19621h 24m2.9
Original Title: Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee
Director: Helmut Ashley
Cast: Christopher Lee, Adrian Hoven, Marisa Mell, Pinkas Braun, Christiane Nielsen

Rival Chicago gangsters relocate to London and target wealthy British citizens in an extortion scheme.

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The Door with Seven Locks poster

The Door with Seven Locks

19621h 36m3.6
Original Title: Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Heinz Drache, Eddi Arent, Sabine Sesselmann, Pinkas Braun, Hans Nielsen

A wealthy man's inheritance hinges on seven mysterious keys distributed among his friends, with only one capable of unlocking a fortune.

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The Inn on the River poster

The Inn on the River

19621h 32m3.6
Original Title: Das Gasthaus an der Themse
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Elisabeth Flickenschildt, Klaus Kinski, Eddi Arent

A serial killer known as The Shark terrorizes London, using a speargun to kill his victims before escaping through the city's sewer system in scuba gear.

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The Curse of the Yellow Snake poster

The Curse of the Yellow Snake

19631h 40m3.1
Original Title: Der Fluch der gelben Schlange
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Pinkas Braun, Doris Kirchner, Charles Regnier

A Chinese cult seeks world domination through their belief in a mystical idol called The Golden Reptile, which they think will grant them ultimate power.

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The Squeaker poster

The Squeaker

19631h 29m3.5
Original Title: Der Zinker
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Heinz Drache, Barbara Rütting, Günter Pfitzmann, Agnes Windeck, Eddi Arent

Scotland Yard investigates a series of mysterious murders where victims are killed by snake venom poisoning.

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The Black Abbot

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

Employees searching for hidden treasure at a haunted former abbey find themselves stalked by a mysterious hooded killer who seems determined to protect the secret.

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The Indian Scarf

19631h 26m3.6
Original Title: Das indische Tuch
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Heinz Drache, Corny Collins, Klaus Kinski, Gisela Uhlen, Hans Nielsen

When a wealthy man's greedy relatives gather at his isolated castle to claim their inheritance, they must spend a week together as stipulated in his will. One by one, the family members begin dying under mysterious circumstances, each killed with the same distinctive weapon.

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Death Drums Along the River

19631h 23m2.5
Director: Lawrence Huntington
Cast: Richard Todd, Marianne Koch, Albert Lieven, Walter Rilla, Jeremy Lloyd

A British colonial policeman in Africa travels upriver to investigate a mysterious murder at a remote hospital.

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Room 13 poster

Room 13

19641h 29m3.3
Original Title: Zimmer 13
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Richard Häussler, Walter Rilla, Siegfried Schürenberg

A detective investigates a series of murders targeting women at a nightclub, but finds himself navigating through a web of gangsters while trying to catch the killer before they strike again.

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The Curse of the Hidden Vault poster

The Curse of the Hidden Vault

19641h 30m3.2
Original Title: Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloss
Director: Franz Josef Gottlieb
Cast: Harald Leipnitz, Judith Dornys, Rudolf Forster, Werner Peters, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Mobsters plot to steal treasure from a rival criminal's elaborate booby-trapped vault in this 1960s crime caper.

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The Mysterious Magician poster

The Mysterious Magician

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

Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard attempts to capture the elusive criminal "The Hexer" by using his sister's murder as bait for a trap. As bodies begin to pile up, it becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse between the inspector and the mysterious fugitive.

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Traitor's Gate

19641h 27m3
Original Title: Das Verrätertor
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger, Catherine Schell, Eddi Arent

A businessman devises an elaborate scheme to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London in this British heist thriller.

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Coast of Skeletons poster

Coast of Skeletons

19651h 30m3
Director: Robert Lynn
Cast: Richard Todd, Dale Robertson, Heinz Drache, Marianne Koch, Elga Andersen

A former district officer joins a team of diamond prospectors in this adventure thriller, where greed and betrayal among the crew lead to dangerous consequences in their search for treasure.

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Again the Ringer poster

Again the Ringer

19651h 35m3.3
Original Title: Neues vom Hexer
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Heinz Drache, Barbara Rütting, Brigitte Horney, Siegfried Schürenberg, Eddi Arent

Arthur Milton, known as Der Hexer (The Magician), is forced to return to London when his calling card is discovered at a murder scene, making him the prime suspect in a crime he didn't commit.

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The Sinister Monk

19651h 27m3.8
Original Title: Der unheimliche Mönch
Director: Harald Reinl
Cast: Karin Dor, Siegfried Lowitz, Harald Leipnitz, Siegfried Schürenberg, Eddi Arent

A hooded serial killer terrorizes victims with a whip while police desperately try to track down the murderer before he strikes again.

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Circus of Fear

19661h 31m2.6
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Cast: Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Anthony Newlands, Heinz Drache, Eddi Arent

A circus becomes the setting for a deadly game of greed and murder when stolen loot attracts dangerous criminals to the big top.

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The Hunchback of Soho poster

The Hunchback of Soho

19661h 29m3.3
Original Title: Der Bucklige von Soho
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Günther Stoll, Pinkas Braun, Monika Peitsch, Siegfried Schürenberg, Eddi Arent

A woman becomes the target of criminals who kidnap her and steal her identity in order to claim her inheritance.

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The Trygon Factor

19661h 28m3.6
Director: Cyril Frankel
Cast: Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire, Cathleen Nesbitt, James Culliford, Brigitte Horney

A Scotland Yard detective investigating a series of robberies and murder discovers connections to a wealthy English family who share their estate with a group of nuns. As he delves deeper, he begins to suspect that both the family and the nuns are hiding dark secrets.

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Creature with the Blue Hand

19671h 27m3.3
Original Title: Die Blaue Hand
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Harald Leipnitz, Klaus Kinski, Carl Lange, Ilse Steppat, Hermann Lenschau

Scotland Yard hunts for a serial killer known as The Blue Hand, named after his distinctive method of murder.

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The College Girl Murders

19671h 28m3.5
Original Title: Der Mönch mit der Peitsche
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas, Grit Boettcher, Siegfried Schürenberg, Konrad Georg

Police investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer who uses acid and poison gas to eliminate victims in this German crime thriller.

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Five Golden Dragons

19671h 44m2.6
Director: Jeremy Summers
Cast: Robert Cummings, Margaret Lee, Rupert Davies, Klaus Kinski, Maria Rohm

An American tourist in Hong Kong accidentally becomes entangled in a dangerous conflict between an international crime syndicate called the Five Golden Dragons and local gangsters.

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The Horror of Blackwood Castle

19681h 32m3.5
Original Title: Der Hund von Blackwood Castle
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Heinz Drache, Karin Baal, Horst Tappert, Siegfried Schürenberg, Agnes Windeck

Scotland Yard investigates a series of mysterious murders at Blackwood Castle, where victims are being killed by a monstrous dog.

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The Zombie Walks poster

The Zombie Walks

19681h 30m3.5
Original Title: Im Banne des Unheimlichen
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger, Siw Mattson, Hubert von Meyerinck, Wolfgang Kieling, Pinkas Braun

A serial killer known as "The Laughing Corpse" terrorizes victims while dressed in a skeleton costume, using a deadly scorpion-shaped ring as his weapon of choice.

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Gorilla Gang

19681h 36m2.7
Original Title: Der Gorilla von Soho
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Horst Tappert, Uschi Glas, Uwe Friedrichsen, Hubert von Meyerinck, Herbert Fux

Inspector David Perkins investigates a series of elderly victims found in the Thames, believing a criminal organization known as the gorilla gang has resumed their activities. With the help of Sergeant Pepper and language expert Susan MacPherson, they follow clues including African characters found on a doll to track down the gang's leader.

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The Man with the Glass Eye

19691h 27m2.7
Original Title: Der Mann mit dem Glasauge
Director: Alfred Vohrer
Cast: Horst Tappert, Karin Hübner, Hubert von Meyerinck, Stefan Behrens, Fritz Wepper

Inspector Perkins investigates a series of mysterious murders in London, starting with a hotel guest found dead with a knife in his chest and a strange glass eye in his pocket. The investigation leads to a deadly conspiracy involving a dancer and a secret billiard club where a glass eye serves as an admission ticket.

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Double Face

19691h 28m3.1
Original Title: A doppia faccia
Director: Riccardo Freda
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Christiane Krüger, Günther Stoll, Annabella Incontrera, Margaret Lee

A businessman whose unfaithful wife appears to die in a car accident becomes entangled with mysterious figures who claim she's still alive.

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The Devil Came from Akasava poster

The Devil Came from Akasava

19711h 24m2.1
Original Title: Der Teufel kam aus Akasava
Director: Jesús Franco
Cast: Fred Williams, Soledad Miranda, Horst Tappert, Ewa Strömberg, Siegfried Schürenberg

When a mysterious mineral that can transform metal into gold or humans into zombies is stolen, secret agents are dispatched to recover this dangerous substance.

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Angels of Terror

19711h 29m3.3
Original Title: Die Tote aus der Themse
Director: Harald Philipp
Cast: Uschi Glas, Hansjörg Felmy, Werner Peters, Harry Riebauer, Siegfried Schürenberg

An Australian woman travels to London to find her sister, only to discover she's involved with a heroin smuggling operation that's being systematically targeted by a mysterious assassin.

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What Have You Done to Solange? poster

What Have You Done to Solange?

19721h 47m3.8
Original Title: Cosa avete fatto a Solange?
Director: Massimo Dallamano
Cast: Fabio Testi, Karin Baal, Cristina Galbó, Joachim Fuchsberger, Günther Stoll

When Catholic schoolgirls are brutally murdered, a teacher having an affair with one of his students becomes the prime suspect. As more killings occur, he must uncover the truth behind the murders to clear his name.

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Seven Blood-Stained Orchids

19721h 32m3.4
Original Title: Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Antonio Sabàto, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk, Marina Malfatti

A serial killer known as the Half-Moon Killer is systematically murdering victims while leaving mysterious half-moon lockets at each crime scene. A survivor must help uncover the killer's identity and sinister motives before he completes his plan to claim seven victims.

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