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    It Happened in Broad Daylight

    1958 · Thriller · 1h 38m

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  2. Es geschah am hellichten Tag (English: It Happened in Broad Daylight) is a 1958 German-language thriller film directed by Ladislao Vajda. The original screenplay was written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, a Swiss playwright and novelist, and the first incarnation of the film is still acclaimed by critics.

  3. It Happened in Broad Daylight: Directed by Ladislao Vajda. With Heinz Rühmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz, Michel Simon. Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own.

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    • Crime, Drama, Thriller
    • Ladislao Vajda
    • 1958-07-09
  4. A little girl's ruthless murder sparks a police inspector to put aside personal gain to apprehend her deranged killer.

    • Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
    • Heinz Rühmann
    • Ladislao Vajda
    • Praesens Film AG (Zürich)
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  5. Ladislao Vajdas Es geschah am hellichten Tag (US: It Happened In Broad Daylight) is a perfectly symmetrical bookend to German film noir: both Vajda’s 1958 film and Fritz Lang’s German expressionist, proto-noir masterpiece M (1931) more than a quarter-century earlier center on the hunt for a serial murderer of little girls.

  6. Having doubts about the guilt of the obvious suspect in the murder of an eight year old girl, a police detective decides to investigate the case on his own. After several young girls were killed.an officer thinks he has an idea. He looks for a child lsimilar to the ones those who's been killed.

  7. Even though it lacks the artistry of Fritz Lang, It Happened in Broad Daylight remains an engaging mystery which follows one investigator has to act independent of criminally negligent local police to cleverly trap a deranged child killer. It's a solid little detective story that maintains an effective degree of tension as to how far the serial ...

  8. It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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