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MASTER SCORE 62.9 / 100
1962·Comedy / Crime·1h 34m

ER KANNS NICHT LASSEN

Father Brown is only too happy to interfere with the work of the police in solving tricky criminal cases, usually with resounding success. That's why the clergyman is transferred to a sleepy island called Abbott's Rock. At first, nothing happens there, but somehow Father Brown seems to be attracted to crime: Soon a gang of thieves is up to no good on the island. So Brown makes the headlines again, and is punitively transferred once more. This time he finds himself in a quiet Irish millionaire community.

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Axel von Ambesser·DirectorEgon Eis·ScreenplayCarl Merz·ScreenplayErich Claunigk·Director of PhotographyMartin Böttcher·Original Music ComposerWalter Boos·Editor
Cast
Heinz Rühmann·Father BrownRudolf Forster·BishopRuth-Maria Kubitschek·Mrs. HollandGrit Boettcher·BereniceLina Carstens·Mrs. SmithHorst Tappert·SimpsonEmmerich Schrenk·JoshuaSiegfried Wischnewski·Inspektor O'ConnallyPeter Ehrlich·Fitzpatrick O'LearyE.O. Fuhrmann·Malone
Full Crew
(24 credits)
Directing· 2
Axel von Ambesser·DirectorWalter Boos·Assistant Director
Writing· 3
Egon Eis·ScreenplayGilbert Keith Chesterton·StoryCarl Merz·Screenplay
Camera· 4
Erich Claunigk·Director of PhotographyLudwig Maier·Assistant CameraKarl Bayer·Still PhotographerHans Osterrieder·Camera Operator
Editing· 1
Walter Boos·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Martin Böttcher·Original Music ComposerWalter Rühland·Sound
Art & Design· 6
Ingeborg Ege-Grützner·Costume DesignHerbert Strabel·Art DirectionKlaus Haase·Property MasterHorst Giese·Property MasterJosef Coesfeld·Makeup ArtistSophie Obermaier·Makeup Artist
Production· 6
Utz Utermann·ProducerClaus Hardt·Executive ProducerAnderl Kern·Production ManagerWoldemar Wasa·Production ManagerWilli Mette·Production ManagerRolf Zehetbauer·Production Designer
By the Numbers
62.9
OF 100
Master Score
6.6
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
0
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