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The Inn on Dartmoor (1964)

The Inn on Dartmoor poster
Original title
Das Wirtshaus von Dartmoor
Directed by
Rudolf Zehetgruber
Genre
crime film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
16
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a murder connected to a mysterious inn on the moors. The story involves secrets and suspects from a small town.

mysterioussuspensefulold-fashioneddarksomberwhodunitslow-paced

What happens

The Inn on Dartmoor (German: Das Wirtshaus von Dartmoor) is a 1964 West German mystery thriller film directed by Rudolf Zehetgruber and starring Heinz Drache, Ingmar Zeisberg and Paul Klinger. It was shot at the Arca Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ernst H. Albrecht and Max Vorwerg. It is an adaptation of the 1955 novel The Painted Dog by Victor Gunn. It was one of a number of British-set crime films that inspired by the popularity of Rialto Film's series of Edgar Wallace adaptations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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