In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
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Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert
Ellen Widmann as Frau Beckmann
Inge Landgut as Elsie Beckmann
Otto Wernicke as Inspector Karl Lohmann
Theodor Loos as Inspector Groeber
Gustaf Gründgens as Schränker
Friedrich Gnaß as Franz
Fritz Odemar as The Cheater
Paul Kemp as Pickpocket with Six Watches
Theo Lingen as Bauernfänger
Rudolf Blümner as Becker's 'Attorney'
Georg John as Blind Panhandler
Franz Stein as Minister
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Police Chief
Gerhard Bienert as Criminal Secretary
Karl Platen as Damowitz
Rosa Valetti as Bartender
Hertha von Walther as Prostitute
Carl Ballhaus as Leeser
Paul Mederow as Staatsanwalt
Hadrian Maria Netto as Polizeihauptmann
Lucie Rhoden as Sekretärin im Polizeiarchiv
Karl Hannemann as Kriminalbeamter
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