Nick Knatterton's Adventure
1959 film by Hans Quest
Nick Knatterton's Adventure (German: Nick Knattertons Abenteuer - Der Raub der Gloria Nylon) is a 1959 West German comedy crime film directed by Hans Quest and starring Karl Lieffen, Susanne Cramer and Maria Sebaldt. It is based on a comic strip portraying the private detective Nick Knatterton. It was made at the Göttingen Studios with location shooting took place around Kassel in Hesse.The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Haag.
Synopsis
Gloria Nylon, daughter of a famous fabric manufacturing tycoon, is kidnapped. The press demand that celebrated detective Nick Knatterton be called in on the case.
Cast
Karl Lieffen as Nick Knatterton
Susanne Cramer as Gloria Nylon
Maria Sebaldt as Virginia Peng
Gert Fröbe as Hugo
Günter Pfitzmann as Max
Hans von Borsody as Eddie
Stanislav Ledinek as Gustav
Wolfgang Wahl as Tresor-Otto
Gert Wiedenhofen as Bobby Schnieke
Martin Hirthe as Lucius Xaver Nylon
Herta Konrad as Trudchen Taste
Werner Fuetterer as Redakteur
Wolfgang Müller as Graf Rieselkalk
Wolfgang Neuss as Diener bei Graf Rieselkalk
References
Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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