A yacht explodes. Everyone dies. But who's cashing the check?
The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that Hellmann's villa was monitored, the tapes also contain information about the explosion. He uses them for blackmail.
Direction
Vohrer's clinical eye for Mediterranean rot.
Cinematography
Sun-drenched ugliness—beauty hides the crime.
Acting
Ronet's insurance man: hollow, hungry, perfect.
Director
Alfred Vohrer
Maurice Ronet
Robert Lucas
Marthe Keller
Angela Delpierre
Karin Dor
Nicole Monnier
Raymond Pellegrin
Commissaire Lacrosse
André Falcon
Ribeyrolles
Robert Dalban
Commissaire Principal
Walter Kohut
Seeberg
Charlotte Kerr
Hilde Hellmann
Eva Pflug
Karin Lucas
Philippe Baronnet
Alain
Alf Marholm
Hellmann
Karl Walter Diess
Dr. Friese
Herbert Fleischmann
Gustav Brandenburg
Heinz Baumann
Bank Manager
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vohrer was Edgar Wallace adaptation royalty; this was his rare original crime script, free from the producer's formula.
Shot during the real 1970s insurance fraud wave on the Riviera—Lloyd's of London literally stopped covering yachts in the region briefly.
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