Der Hund von Blackwood Castle (1968)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Alfred Vohrer

Writers:

Edgar Wallace (story)
Herbert Reinecker (screenplay)

Release Date:

1968 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Crime

Plot:

Scotland Yard must discover why people are being murdered by a monstrous dog at Blackwood Castle. |

Plot Keywords:

Castle | Scotland Yard | Killer Dog | Murder | Inn

Cast

Heinz Drache	...	Humphrey Connery
Karin Baal	...	Jane Wilson
Horst Tappert	...	Donald Fairbanks
Siegfried Schürenberg	...	Sir John
Agnes Windeck	...	Lady Agathy Beverton
Ilse Pagé	...	Miss Finley
Mady Rahl	...	Catherine Wilson
Uta Levka	...	Dorothy Cornick
Hans Söhnker	...	Anwalt Robert Jackson
Otto Stern	...	The Captain
Alexander Engel	...	Doc Adams
Tilo von Berlepsch	...	Lord Henry Beverton
Harry Wüstenhagen	...	Ken Nelson
Kurd Pieritz	...	Edward Baldwin
Arthur Binder	...	Grimsby

Also Known As:

The Horror of Blackwood Castle (USA)
The Monster of Blackwood Castle (International: English title)

Runtime:

Germany:92 min

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (f) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Rialto Film

Trivia:

In the early days of production, another project entitled "The Angel of Terror" (an original Edgar Wallace novel title) was intended to become the 25th Film of the series. The film was to be a West German-British co-production directed by Harald Reinl (it would've been his 6th Edgar Wallace Film and his first in color). Due to economical trouble of the British Co-Producers and scheduling conflicts of Reinl who was directing "Dynamit in grüner Seide" in late 1967, the project was abandoned.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Der Wixxer (2004)

A dog with snake teeth

The story of "Der Hund von Blackwood Castle" revolves around this castle whose owner has just died. His daughter is asked to sell the castle, but she suspects too many men want to buy it for dubious reasons and refuses to sell it. Of course she gets into trouble, and soon the first body is found. A black dog with snake teeth bites to kill! "Der Hund von Blackwood Castle" is one of the better movies among the colored ones of the Edgar Wallace series. Karin Baal plays the heiress, Heinz Drache as Connery (!) and Horst Tappert as Douglas Fairbanks (!!) belong to the cast as well as two experienced veterans: Siegfried Schürenberg ("A dog was bitten by a man - or the other way around") and Agnes Windeck („People in this inn always die before they pay their bills“).