The Hound of Blackwood Castle

The Hound of Blackwood Castle
Directed by	Alfred Vohrer
Written by	Edgar Wallace (story) Herbert Reinecker
Produced by	Horst Wendlandt Erwin Gitt
Starring	Heinz Drache Karin Baal Horst Tappert
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Jutta Hering
Music by	Peter Thomas
Production company	Rialto Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	18 January 1968
Running time	92 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Hound of Blackwood Castle (German: Der Hund von Blackwood Castle) is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Heinz Drache, Karin Baal and Horst Tappert. Based on a story by Edgar Wallace, it also draws inspiration from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Kutz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location around the city.

Synopsis

Scotland Yard are called in to investigate a series of killings at Blackwood Castle, apparently committed by a giant animal.

Cast

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

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• The Hound of Blackwood Castle at IMDb