Whiteface

Whiteface

Whiteface

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Whiteface

2002

1h 32m

7.0(2 votes)

TV Movie

Crime

Overview

After a long time, a circus is back in the area of Tidal Basin and already the strange phantom has reappeared: the white clown! He robbed banks and stores without a system and disappeared without a trace. Lane and Higgins, together with the worn-out journalist Shapiro, hunt for the mysterious culprit in the dense London fog.

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Production Companies

RTL

Rialto Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gunter Berger

Gunter Berger

Inspector Higgins

Mariella Ahrens

Mariella Ahrens

Barbara Lane

Eddi Arent

Eddi Arent

Sir John

Horst Bollmann

Horst Bollmann

Eddie Shapiro

Christel Peters

Christel Peters

Jury chairman

Christian Grashof

Christian Grashof

Dr. Marford

Rosalind Baffoe

Ann Pattison

Pello

Clown

Victor Schefé

Paul Norris

Bojana Golenac

Bojana Golenac

Jacqueline Griffith

Creative team

Directed by: Wolfgang F. Henschel
Written by: Detlef B. Blettenberg
Produced by: Horst Wendlandt

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