Who Drove the Grey Ford?

Who Drove the Grey Ford? (German: Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?) is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Otto Wernicke and starring Wernicke, Ursula Herking and Hilde Sessak.^[1] Many scenes of the film were shot on location.

Who Drove the Grey Ford?
Directed by	Otto Wernicke
Written by	Kurt Joachim Fischer
Produced by	Paul Pfeiffer
Starring	Otto Wernicke Ursula Herking Hilde Sessak
Cinematography	Paul Pfeiffer
Edited by	Walter Boos
Music by	Emil Ferstl
Production company	Pfeiffer Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Bejöhr-Film
Release date	12 October 1950 (1950-10-12)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Synopsis

In the American Zone of Germany shortly after the Second World War, a gang of criminals make a living from hijacking trucks full of valuable goods. A local police detective investigates.

Cast

• Otto Wernicke as Kriminalkommissar Thieme
• Ruth Hambrock as Renate Münster
• Erich Scholz as Peteer 'Penny'
• Ursula Herking as Hertha Sattler, Kriminalassistentin
• Til Kiwe as Polizeirat Proske
• Hilde Sessak as Kellnerin bei Edu Schröder
• Marianne Gerzner as Rosl
• Günther Erich Marsch as Jonny Dempf
• Wolfgang Neuss as Uwe Lauterbach, 'Chef'
• Dieter Sommer as Franz Heiner
• Walter Vits-Mühlen as US-Kriminalkommissar Nelson
• Walter Pott as Edu Schröder, Wirt
• Abi von Hasse as Kriminalassistent Gillhausen
• Herbert Doberauer
• Georg Zimmermann as Hamerski, Oberpostschaffner

References

1. Davidson & Hake p. 59

Bibliography

• Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

• Who Drove the Grey Ford? at IMDb