The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
The Minerva Mines Company is interested in transporting two particularly valuable diamonds from Cape Town to Amsterdam. To confuse potential thieves, two detectives are sent on two different ships with steel suitcases and they have no clue whether they’re carrying pebbles or diamonds. Nevertheless, a collection of questionable characters come on board both ships. The hunt for the diamonds begins; the suitcases are stolen; everyone is suspect.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Carl BoeseDirector
- Lotte NeumannWriter
- Walter WassermannWriter
Cast
- Maria AndergastCarola Hollerthau, Journalistin
- Hermann SpeelmansDick Timperley
- Harald PaulsenFred Martini
- Fita BenkhoffDaisy Lennox
- Maria KoppenhöferBarbara Smith
- Hans JunkermannKonsul Bob Steeven
- Hermann Mayer-FalkowEin Diamantenhändler als Schiffspassagier
- Else von MöllendorffDie Schiffsstewardeß
- Alfred MaackKapitän Zanten
- Max GülstorffPitters
- Otto Sauter-SartoCast
- Georg SchmieterCast