Agatha, let the murdering be! (1960)
A black comedy about a female author of crime novels who becomes a victim of a macabre hoax.
Top billed cast
Johanna von KoczianAgatha Scott
Klausjürgen WussowDr. Peter Scott
Elisabeth FlickenschildtSylvia Brent- Hans Dieter ZeidlerDavid
Wolfgang KielingPhilip
Karl LieffenThomas Lorenzen
Beppo BremLandgendarm
Peter VogelEdgar Karter
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