Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s German comedy and people in deerstalker hats doing things they shouldn't, sure. It’s light, it’s breezy, and it’s arguably much better than The Lone Trail if you’re looking for a laugh instead of a western. People who hate black-and-white subtitles or plots that ...
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s German comedy and people in deerstalker hats doing things they shouldn't, sure. It’s light, it’s breezy, and it’s arguably much better than The Lone Trail if you’re looking for a laugh instead of a western. People who hate black-and-white subtitles or plots that move faster than the actual logic will probably check out after ten minutes. Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann are just fun to watch. They play these two con artists with a kind of de..."
Hans Albers
Robert A. Stemmle, Karl Hartl
Germany
Comedy, Crime, Romance
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