Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?
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"Who Drove the Grey Ford?" ("Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?") is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Otto Wernicke, marking his only directorial effort, and starring Wernicke as Kriminalkommissar Thieme alongside Ursula Herking, Hilde Sessak, and Wolfgang Neuss. The movie was filmed at numerous original locations in post-war Mannheim. It draws directly from a real-life 1949 post office robbery in Mannheim, exploring the social dislocations of the era through a documentary-style depiction of petty crime and moral dilemmas among young survivors of World War II. The plot centers on three young men scraping by through car stunts and minor cons in the uncertain landscape of Nachkriegsdeutschland, where one sensitive outsider, Peter "Penny," seeks to leave the life behind for love but is coerced into participating in a high-stakes robbery of a money transport. The heist unfolds according to plan, but Penny's well-intentioned yet careless action alerts the police...
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Edited by Walter BoosShot by Paul PfeifferScored by Emil Ferstl
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14 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Otto Wernicke
as Kriminalkommissar Thieme
Ruth Hambrock
as Renate Münster
Erich Scholz
as Peter, 'Penny'
Ursula Herking
as Hertha Sattler, Kriminalassistentin
Til Kiwe
as Polizeirat Proske
Hilde Sessak
as Kellnerin bei Edu Schröder
Marianne Gerzner
as Rosl
Gunther Erich Marsch
as Jonny Dempf
Wolfgang Neuss
as Uwe Lauterbach, 'Chef'
Dieter Sommer
as Franz Heiner
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