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In 1969 the film was able to attract another 1.6 million visitors to the cinemas, but the series had clearly passed its peak. The blood was particularly ketchup-red and the somewhat clumsy beating scenes already breathe the spirit of the 1970s, but the fun of earlier Wallace works is gone.

Horst TAPPERT plays the inspector, Stefan BEHRENS (Evelyn HAMANN's partner) is annoying as the idiot assistant. Sir Arthur (Hubsi from MEYERINCK) fawns over his frivolous secretary (as always magical: GERMAN FILM AWARD winner Ilse PAGé). The lively dancing bees from the theater are led by Christiane KRÜGER (daughter of GOLDEN GLOBE nominee Hardy KRÜGER), Marlies Draeger, who was born in Heilbad Heiligenstadt, Eva STRÖMBERG and the still very young INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARD nominee Iris BERBEN (she was for KRUPP in 2010 : A FAMILY CHRONICLE nominated). GERMAN FILM AWARD winner Fritz WEPPER (who later became Horst Tappert's assistant in the television series DERRICK on the West German television station ZDF) can be seen as the young Lord Sheringham, who is deeply in love with a dancer (Karin HÜBNER). This displeases his mother. And that is really the show of the film when musical star Karin HÜBNER (MY FAIR LADY in West German theaters) meets Friedel SCHUSTER, the operetta star (FRAU LUNA) of the 1930s. The pieces are flying!

Quite good entertainment, but not a highlight of the series!

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