
It Happened in Broad Daylight
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Release Date
6/9/1958Runtime
100 minsOverview
The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.
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A methodical thriller that locks into the psychological unraveling of a detective pursuing a child murderer, accumulating dread through the obsession itself. The investigation becomes as consuming and destabilizing as the crime it seeks to solve.
Mood
Dread-soakedParanoidTense
Themes
ObsessionJusticeCrime
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Child endangerment

Heinz Rühmann
Oberleutnant Matthäi

Sigfrit Steiner
Det. Feller

Siegfried Lowitz
Lt. Heinzi

Michel Simon
Jacquier

Heinrich Gretler
Polizeikommandant

Gert Fröbe
Schrott

Berta Drews
Frau Schrott

Ewald Balser
Prof. Manz

María Rosa Salgado
Frau Heller
Anita von Ow
Annemarie Heller
Barbara Haller
Ursula Fehlmann

Emil Hegetschweiler
Gemeindepräsident
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