The Phantom of Soho

The Phantom of Soho
Directed by	Franz Josef Gottlieb
Written by	Bryan Edgar Wallace (novel) Ladislas Fodor
Produced by	Artur Brauner Heinz Willeg
Starring	Dieter Borsche Barbara Rütting Hans Söhnker
Cinematography	Richard Angst
Edited by	Walter Wischniewsky
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	14 February 1964 (1964-02-14)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Phantom of Soho (German: Das Phantom von Soho) is a 1964 West German thriller film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Dieter Borsche, Barbara Rütting and Hans Söhnker. It was based on a novel by Bryan Edgar Wallace and was part in a large group of British-set thrillers made in West Germany at the time, many of them adapted from the works of Wallace's father Edgar Wallace.

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Ernst Schomer.

Cast

• Dieter Borsche as Chief Inspector Hugh Patton
• Barbara Rütting as Clarinda Smith
• Hans Söhnker as Sir Philip
• Peter Vogel as Sergeant Hallam
• Helga Sommerfeld as Corinne Smith
• Werner Peters as Dr. Dalmer
• Hans Nielsen as Lord Harold Malhouse
• Stanislav Ledinek as Gilard, club manager
• Otto Waldis as William B. Clover, man with birthmark
• Hans W. Hamacher as Capt. Muggins
• Emil Feldmann as Papa Red
• Harald Sawade as Charlie
• Kurt Jaggberg as Jussuf
• Elisabeth Flickenschildt as Joanna Filiati

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• The Phantom of Soho at IMDb