Backdrop image for movie Die unheimlichen Briefe

Die unheimlichen Briefe (2002)

Strange, rhymed advertisements in the TIMES unsettle three London gangsters - and rightly so, because soon the first of them are killed. The mysterious killer also catches a shady lawyer. Higgins and Lane find out that the key to the crimes is an unsolved diamond heist from jeweler Bolden. It looks like those involved are fighting over the loot. Eventually, it turns out that the "robbery" was actually a set-up insurance scam that Bolden was personally behind and that killed his employee. Shortly before the last survivor is sent to the afterlife, Higgins and Lane are able to confront the "invisible" murderer.

  • Crime
  • TV Movie

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Gunter BergerGunter BergerInspektor Higgins
  • Photo of Mariella AhrensMariella AhrensBarbara Lane
  • Photo of Eddi ArentEddi ArentSir John
  • Photo of Rosalind BaffoeRosalind BaffoeAnn Pattison
  • Photo of Udo SchenkUdo SchenkWilliam Bolden
  • Photo of Julia RichterJulia RichterPeggy Lynch
  • Photo of Helen VitaHelen VitaLady Upperworth
  • Photo of Eva EbnerEva EbnerMiss Thinwhister
  • Photo of Klaus LehmannKlaus LehmannStephen Scott
  • Photo of Peggy LukacPeggy LukacRuth Bolden

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