Just a thousand dollars
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Just a thousand dollars |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1918 |
| length | 72 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rudolf Meinert |
| script | EA Dupont |
| camera | Rudolf Meinert |
| occupation | |
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Just for a thousand dollars , sometimes also under Just for 1000 dollars , is a crime film from the German film series Harry Higgs . It was created in the winter of 1917/18 under the direction of Rudolf Meinert with Hans Mierendorff in the leading role of the detective.
action
The gem collector John Mitchell makes a strange bet with his club friend Robert Leroy: He bets $ 1,000 that he will commit a crime in the next five days without the detective Harry Higgs convicting him of it. Another club member, a certain Alfons Thauret, gets wind of the matter and seizes the opportunity to commit a crime that Mitchell could well blame: he committed a cunning theft of jewels. Of course, Higgs is not so easily fooled and clears the two cases.
Production notes
In March 1918 the censorship passed for a thousand dollars , was banned from young people and was premiered on April 18, 1918 in Berlin's Tauentzienpalast . The film ran in Austria-Hungary from August 16, 1918.
criticism
In Paimann's film lists you can read: “Fabric is fantastic. Game, photos and scenery are very good. "
