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It Happened in Broad Daylight

Original title: Es geschah am hellichten Tag

  • Movie
  • 1958
  • 1h 40m

Directed by Ladislao Vajda

7.4

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7.4 out of 10 from 158 votes

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

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Cast and crew

  • Heinz Rühmann

    Heinz RühmannOberleutnant Matthäi

  • Sigfrit Steiner

    Sigfrit SteinerDet. Feller

  • Siegfried Lowitz

    Siegfried LowitzLt. Heinzi

  • Michel Simon

    Michel SimonJacquier

  • Heinrich Gretler

    Heinrich GretlerPolizeikommandant

  • Gert Fröbe

    Gert FröbeSchrott

  • Berta Drews

    Berta DrewsFrau Schrott

  • Ewald Balser

    Ewald BalserProf. Manz

  • María Rosa Salgado

    María Rosa SalgadoFrau Heller

  • Anita von OwAnnemarie Heller

  • Barbara HallerUrsula Fehlmann

  • Emil Hegetschweiler

    Emil HegetschweilerGemeindepräsident

  • Rene Magrono.A,

  • Max Werner Lenzo.A.

  • Hans GauglerHerr Moser

  • Ettore Cella

    Ettore CellaTankstellenbesitzer

  • Margrit Winter

    Margrit WinterFrau Moser

  • Traute Carlseno.A.

Director
Ladislao Vajda
Writer
Hans Jacoby, Ladislao Vajda and Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Music
Bruno Canfora
Cinematography
Heinrich Gärtner and Ernst Bolliger