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Wet Asphalt

1958-04-02 · 90 min · ★ 6.0

Thriller · Drama

In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him. Soon he learns that the famous journalist Cesar Boyd was the responsible for the shorter sentence. Cesar offers a position of his assistant to Greg; in return, Boyd would write his story about his interviews to war criminals and Greg would help him in other matters. Meanwhile Boyd welcomes the daughter of a deceased friend, Bettina, and he becomes her guardian.

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Directors
Frank Wisbar
Production companies
Inter West Film
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Horst BuchholzHorst BuchholzGreg Bachmann
Martin HeldMartin HeldCesar Boyd
Maria PerschyMaria PerschyBettina
Gert FröbeGert FröbeJupp
Heinz ReinckeHeinz ReinckeDer Blinde
Inge MeyselInge MeyselGustl
Peter CapellPeter CapellJimmy Donnagan
Richard MünchRichard MünchDr. Wolf
Ludwig LinkmannLudwig LinkmannTanek
Marlene Riphahn
Renate SchachtWanda
Aranka Jaenke-MameroFrau Adorf
Nikolai BaschkoffCepinek
Wolf Martini
Leni Schulz

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