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((short description|List of films based on Edgar Wallace works))
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[[Edgar Wallace]] (1875–1932) was a British novelist and playwright and screenwriter whose works have been adapted for the screen on many occasions.

==British adaptations==
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His works were adapted for the silent screen as early as 1916, and continued to be adapted by British filmmakers into the 1940s. [[Anglo-Amalgamated]] later released a separate series of 47 features entitled the ''[[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'', which ran from 1960 to 1965.

===British silent films===
*''[[The Man Who Bought London]]'' (1916)
*''The Green Terror'' (1919) based on the novel ''The Green Rust''
*''Pallard the Punter'' (1919) based on the novel ''Grey Timothy''
* ''Angel Esquire'' (1919)
*''The River of Stars'' (1921)
*''[[The Four Just Men (1921 film)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1921)
*''[[Melody of Death]]'' (1922)
* ''The Crimson Circle'' (1922)
* ''Down Under Donovan'' (1922)
*''The Diamond Man'' (1924)
* ''The Flying Fifty-Five'' (1924)
*''The Green Archer'' (1925)
*''Mark of the Frog'' (1928) serial
*''[[The Terrible People (serial)|The Terrible People]]'' (1928) serial, made in the U.S.
*''Valley of Ghosts'' (1928)
*''The Forger'' (1928)
*''The Ringer'' (1928)
* ''The Man Who Changed his Name'' (1928)
*''The Flying Squad'' (1929)
* ''Prince Gabby'' (1929) 
*''The Clue of the New Pin'' (1929)<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. ((ISBN|978-1936168-68-2)).</ref>

===British sound films===
*''[[The Terror (1928 film)|The Terror]]'' (1928)
*''The Crimson Circle'' (1929) a German film dubbed in English for British release
* ''The Squeaker'' (1930)
* ''The Yellow Mask'' (1930)
* ''The Calendar'' (1931)
* ''The Old Man'' (1931)
* ''Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1932) based on the [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] novel, but the screenplay was written by Edgar Wallace
*''[[The Frightened Lady (1932 film)|The Frightened Lady]]'' (1932) a.k.a. ''The Indian Scarf''
* ''The Jewel'' (1933)
* ''Before Dawn'' (1933) Hollywood film based on the Edgar Wallace story ''Death Watch''
* [[Giallo (1933 film)]] - technically an Italian film, based on the Wallace novel ''The Man Who Changed His Mind''
* ''[[Mystery Liner]]'' (1934)
* ''The Man Who Changed His Name'' (1934)
*''[[Sanders of the River]]'' (1935)
*''The Crimson Circle'' (1936)
* ''Strangers on Honeymoon'' (1936) adapted from the novel ''The Northing Tramp''
*''[[The Squeaker (1937 film)|The Squeaker]]'' (1937) a.k.a. ''Murder on Diamond Row''
*''The Frog'' (1937)
*''Return of the Frog'' (1938)
* ''The Gaunt Stranger'' (1938) a.k.a. ''The Ringer''
*''[[The Terror (1938 film)|The Terror]]'' (1938)
*''[[Dangerous to Know]]'' (1938) made in U.S.
*''Mr. Reeder in Room 13'' (1938) a.k.a. ''The Mystery of Room 13''
* ''The Mind of Mr. Reeder'' (1939) a.k.a. ''The Mysterious Mr. Reeder'' in U.S.
* ''The Flying Fifty-Five'' (1939)
*''[[The Four Just Men (1939 film)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1939) a.k.a. ''The Secret Four''
*''[[The Dark Eyes of London (film)|The Dark Eyes of London]]'' (1939) a.k.a.''The Human Monster''; starred [[Bela Lugosi]]
*''[[The Case of the Frightened Lady (film)|The Case of the Frightened Lady]]'' (1940) a.k.a. ''The Indian Scarf''
*''The Green Archer'' (1940) serial
* ''The Missing People'' (1940)
* ''[[The Door with Seven Locks (1940 film)|The Door with Seven Locks]]'' (1940) a.k.a. ''Chamber of Horrors''
* ''The Missing Million'' (1942)
* ''The Calendar'' (1948)
* ''The Squeaker'' (1949) made for BBC-TV
*''[[The Ringer (1952 film)|The Ringer]]'' (1952) Working title was ''The Gaunt Stranger''

=== [[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]] (1960–1965) ===
This was a series of British B-Pictures, produced at Merton Park Studios for the [[Anglo-Amalgamated]] production company. There were 47 films in the series, all released theatrically between 1960 and 1965.

===Harry Alan Towers films===
[[Harry Alan Towers]] produced four Edgar Wallace films in the early 1960s that were [[international co-production]]s with Germany:
*''[[Death Drums Along the River]]'' (1963) released in USA as ''Sanders''
*''[[Coast of Skeletons]]'' (1965) a.k.a. ''Sanders and the Ship of Death''
*''[[Circus of Fear]]'' (1966) (aka ''Psycho-Circus'') based on the novel ''Again the Three Just Men''
*''[[Five Golden Dragons]]'' (1967) this film was only periphally connected to Edgar Wallace, in that one of Wallace's characters (Commissioner Sanders) was inserted into the film's storyline<ref>Edwards, Matthew Klaus Kinski, Beast of Cinema: Critical Essays and Fellow Filmmaker Interviews McFarland, 22 Jul 2016</ref>

===British television series===
*''[[The Four Just Men (TV series)|The Four Just Men]]'' was a series of 39 25-minute films/episodes produced by [[Sapphire Films]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in 1959.
*''[[The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder]]'' was a British television series (1968-1971) with 16 episodes, based on Edgar Wallace's stories.<ref>((IMDb title|qid=Q3794110|title=The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder)). Retrieved on 14 December 2015</ref>

==German Krimi adaptations==
The [[crime film]]s produced by the German company [[Rialto Film]] between 1959 and 1972 form their own [[film genre|subgenre]] known as '''''Krimi'''''s (abbreviation for the German term ''Kriminalfilm'' (or ''Kriminalroman''). Aside from the Rialto productions, other Edgar Wallace adaptations in a similar style were made by the Germans [[Artur Brauner]] and [[Kurt Ulrich]] as well as the British producer [[Harry Alan Towers]].

=== Early history of the German Edgar Wallace movies ===
As early as the [[silent movie]] era, German film producers discovered that the novels of Edgar Wallace were easily adapted to the screen. The first German production of an Edgar Wallace story, ''Der große Unbekannte'' (''The Unknown''), was filmed in 1927. Wallace personally visited the production of the next movie ''Der rote Kreis'' (''The Crimson Circle'', 1929) in Berlin. ''The Crimson Circle'' was trade-shown in London in March 1929 in the [[Phonofilm]] sound-on-film system.

In 1931, [[Carl Lamarc]] adapted ''[[The Squeaker (1931 film)|The Squeaker]]'', one of Wallace's best known works, as the [[sound film]] ''Der Zinker''. Adaptations of ''The Ringer'' (''[[The Ringer (1932 film)|Der Hexer]]'', 1932) by Lamarc and ''[[The Double (1934 film)|The Double]]'' (''Der Doppelgänger'', 1934) by [[E. W. Emo]] followed.  From 1934 to the mid-1950s, no German-language films based on works by Edgar Wallace were produced. Then, in the mid-1950s, the German film distributor [[Constantin Film]] began plans for a series of films. Due to the perceived unpopularity of the crime genre in Germany at that time, however, no film producer willing to take such a risk could be found, delaying the project until 1959.

===The 1960s German "Krimi" film movement===
In 1959, the [[Denmark|Danish]] company [[Rialto Film]], with its producer [[Preben Philipsen]] produced ''Der Frosch mit der Maske'' (based on ''The Fellowship of the Frog''), targeting the German film market. The film (a.k.a. ''The Face of the Frog'') turned out to be surprisingly successful and started a veritable fad of crime movies, known as '''''Krimis''''' (abbreviation for the German term "Kriminalfilm" or "Kriminalroman") which lasted until significant changes in the direction of the German film industry in the early 1970s occurred. Rialto soon acquired the exclusive rights to nearly all the Wallace novels, founded a German subsidiary company and, unconcerned by the many copycat productions by others, moved towards the artistic and commercial peak of the series in the early 1960s.

There were a total of 39 German movies based on works by Edgar Wallace from 1959 to 1972. Beginning with ''Der grüne Bogenschütze'' (''The Green Archer'', 1960/61), the leading examples of the genre were produced by [[Horst Wendlandt]] and directed by [[Alfred Vohrer]] or [[Harald Reinl]].  Following ''[[Der Bucklige von Soho]]'' (1966), all of Rialto's Krimi movies were shot in [[color movies|color]]. Additionally, the original novels were increasingly disregarded in favour of original stories. From 1969 onwards, Rialto Film started four co-productions with Italian producers to minimize costs. Audiences began to lose interest in the genre, which ended with ''[[Seven Blood-Stained Orchids|Das Rätsel des silbernen Halbmonds]]'' in 1972.

===The German Edgar Wallace "Krimi" filmography (1959–72)===
These films were all produced (or co-produced) by Rialto Film of Germany ([[Horst Wendlandt]]) unless noted otherwise. (Rialto co-produced 32 of the following 39 German films.)<ref name="Kramp">((cite book|last=Kramp|first=Joachim|title=Hallo—Hier spricht Edgar Wallace!|publisher=Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf|year=2001|isbn=3-89602-368-3))</ref> Where the German title is different from the English release print, a translation of the German title is also provided.

{| class="wikitable"
! Year || German Film Title || English Release Title(s) || Produced by || Director
|-''Fellowship of the Frog''
|1959 ||''[[Der Frosch mit der Maske]]'' (''The Frog With the Mask'')|| ''Face of the Frog'' (based on the novel ''Fellowship of the Frog'')|| || [[Harald Reinl]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1960 ||''[[The Crimson Circle (1960 film)|Der rote Kreis]]'' (''The Red Circle'')||''The Crimson Circle'' || || [[Jürgen Roland]]
|-
|''[[The Avenger (1960 film)|Der Rächer]]''||''The Avenger'' || Kurt Ulrich-Film || [[Karl Anton]]
|-
|''[[The Terrible People (1960 film)|Die Bande des Schreckens]]'' (''The Gang of Terror'')||''The Terrible People'' (a.k.a. ''Hand of the Gallows'') ||  || [[Harald Reinl]]
|-
|rowspan=5|1961 ||''[[The Green Archer (1961 film)|Der grüne Bogenschütze]]'' ||''The Green Archer'' || || [[Jürgen Roland]]
|-
|''[[The Dead Eyes of London|Die toten Augen von London]]'' ||''Dead Eyes of London'' (based on the novel ''Dark Eyes of London'') || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[The Devil's Daffodil|Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen]]'' (''Mystery of the Yellow Daffodil'')||''The Devil's Daffodil'' (based on the novel ''The Daffodil Mystery'') || || [[Ákos Ráthonyi]]
|-
|''[[The Forger of London|Der Fälscher von London]]'' ||''The Forger of London'' (based on the novel ''The Forger''<ref>"Filmportal: Der Fälscher von London". Retrieved 3 August 2016.</ref>) || || [[Harald Reinl]]
|-
|''[[The Strange Countess|Die seltsame Gräfin]]'' ||''The Strange Countess'' || || [[Josef von Báky]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1962 ||''[[The Puzzle of the Red Orchid|Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee]]'' ||''The Puzzle of the Red Orchid'' (aka ''Secret of the Red Orchid''<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/secret_of_the_red_orchid|title=The Secret of the Red Orchid|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]))</ref>) || || [[Helmut Ashley]]
|-
|''[[The Door with Seven Locks (1962 film)|Die Tür mit den sieben Schlössern]]'' ||''The Door with Seven Locks'' || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[The Inn on the River|Das Gasthaus an der Themse]]'' (''The Inn on the Thames'') ||''The Inn on the River'' (based on the novel ''The Indian Rubber Man'')<ref>"Filmportal: Das Gasthaus an der Themse". Retrieved 10 November 2014.</ref> || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|rowspan=6|1963 || ''Der Fluch der gelben Schlange'' ||''Curse of the Yellow Snake'' (based on the novel ''The Yellow Snake'') || CCC-Film/ Artur Brauner || [[Franz Josef Gottlieb]]
|-
| ''[[The Squeaker (1963 film)|Der Zinker]]''||''The Squeaker'' || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[The Black Abbot (1963 film)|Der schwarze Abt]]'' || ''The Black Abbot'' || || [[Franz Josef Gottlieb]]
|-
|''[[The Indian Scarf|Das indische Tuch]]''||''The Indian Scarf'' || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[Room 13 (1964 film)|Zimmer 13]]''||''Room 13'' || || [[Harald Reinl]]
|-
|''[[Death Drums Along the River|Todestrommeln am großen Fluß]]''|| ''Death Drums Along the River'' (a.k.a. ''Sanders'')  || [[Harry Alan Towers]] || [[Lawrence Huntington]]
|-
|rowspan=4|1964 ||''[[The Curse of the Hidden Vault|Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß]]'' ||''The Curse of the Hidden Vault'' (based on the novel ''Angel Esquire'')|| || [[Franz Josef Gottlieb]]
|-
| ''[[Der Hexer (1964 film)|Der Hexer]]'' ||''The Ringer'' (a.k.a. ''The Mysterious Magician'')|| || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
| ''[[Traitor's Gate (film)|Das Verrätertor]]'' ||''Traitor's Gate''|| || [[Freddie Francis]]
|-
| ''[[Coast of Skeletons|Sanders und das Schiff des Todes]]'' (''Sanders and the Ship of Death'')||''Coast of Skeletons''||Harry Alan Towers || [[Robert Lynn (director)|Robert Lynn]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1965 || ''[[Neues vom Hexer]]'' || ''Again the Ringer'' || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[The Sinister Monk|Der unheimliche Mönch]]'' || ''The Sinister Monk'' (adapted from the play ''The Terror'')|| || [[Harald Reinl]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1966 ||''[[The Hunchback of Soho|Der Bucklige von Soho]]'' || ''The Hunchback of Soho'' || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[The Trygon Factor|Das Geheimnis der weißen Nonne]]'' (''Mystery of the White Nun'')  ||''The Trygon Factor'' (based on the novel ''Kate Plus Ten'')|| || [[Cyril Frankel]]
|-
|''[[Circus of Fear|Das Rätsel des silbernen Dreieck]]'' (''Puzzle of the Silver Triangle'') ||''Circus of Fear'' (a.k.a. ''Circus of Terror'' and ''Psycho-Circus''); based on the novel ''Again the Three Just Men''||Harry Alan Towers || [[John Llewellyn Moxey]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1967 ||''[[Creature with the Blue Hand|Die Blaue Hand]]'' (''The Blue Hand'') ||''Creature with the Blue Hand''; re-edited in 1987 as ''The Bloody Dead'' with added gore by producer Sam Sherman || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[The Monk with the Whip|Der Mönch mit der Peitsche]]''  ||''The Monk with the Whip''; a.k.a. ''The College Girl Murders'' (based on the novel ''The Black Abbot'')|| || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[Five Golden Dragons]]'' |||| [[Harry Alan Towers]]|| [[Jeremy Summers]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1968 ||''[[The Hound of Blackwood Castle|Der Hund von Blackwood Castle]]'' ||''The Hound of Blackwood Castle'' (a.k.a. ''The Monster of Blackwood Castle'')|| || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[Im Banne des Unheimlichen]]'' (''In the Spell of the Unknown'') ||''The Hand of Power''; a.k.a. ''The Zombie Walks'' (based on the novel ''The Hand of Power'') || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[The Gorilla of Soho|Der Gorilla von Soho]]''  ||''The Gorilla of Soho'' (a.k.a. ''The Gorilla Gang'')|| || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1969 || ''[[The Man with the Glass Eye|Der Mann mit dem Glasauge]]'' ||''The Man with the Glass Eye'' (a.k.a. ''Terror on Half Moon Street'') (working title was ''The Cruel Doll'') || || [[Alfred Vohrer]]
|-
|''[[Double Face|Das Gesicht im Dunkeln]]'' (''The Face in the Dark'') ||''Double Face''/ ''[[Double Face|A doppia faccia]]''; a.k.a. ''Puzzle of Horrors'' || || [[Riccardo Freda]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1971 || ''[[The Devil Came from Akasava|Der Teufel kam aus Akasava]]'' ||''The Devil Came from Akasava'' (based on the story ''Keeper of the Stone'')||CCC-Film/ Artur Brauner || [[Jesus Franco]]
|-
|''[[The Body in the Thames|Die Tote aus der Themse]]'' (''The Body in the Thames'')|| ''Angels of Terror'' (U.S.) || || [[Harald Philipp]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1972 ||''[[What Have You Done to Solange?|Das Geheimnis der grünen Stecknadel]]'' (''The Secret of the Green Pin'')||''What Have You Done to Solange?''/ ''[[What Have You Done to Solange?|Cosa avete fatto a Solange?]]''); a.k.a. ''The School That Couldn't Scream'' (falsely promoted as an Edgar Wallace film)|| || [[Massimo Dallamano]]
|-
|''[[Seven Blood-Stained Orchids|Das Rätsel des silbernen Halbmonds]]'' (''Puzzle of the Silver Half Moons'')|| ''Seven Blood-Stained Orchids''/ ''[[Seven Blood-Stained Orchids|Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso]]'' (falsely promoted as an Edgar Wallace film)|| || [[Umberto Lenzi]]
|}

==== Style in 1960s "Krimis" films ====
The typical Krimi movie of the 60s contains a number of distinct stylistic traits, which not only makes the films a true series, but – seen in context with other, similar German crime movies of that time – marks them as part of a true film subgenre as well.

In particular, two directors [[Harald Reinl]] (five movies) and [[Alfred Vohrer]] (14 movies) made their mark. While Reinl preferred long [[dolly shot]]s /[[Panning (camera)|pan]]s and exterior shots, Vohrer's films are known for their slight [[overacting]] and their distinct [[Cinematography|zoom]] and [[film editing|editing]] styles. Many of these Edgar Wallace ''krimis'' featured secretive, flamboyant, super villains whose faces were sometimes hidden from view, an archetype which would later become a staple of spy films in the mid-to-late 1960s.

The titles, which are usually the German language titles of the novels, were intended to evoke the typical image of an Edgar Wallace movie. Most titles mention the villain, like ''Der Frosch mit der Maske'' (literally "The Frog with the Mask"), ''Der Zinker'' ("The Squeaker") and ''Der Hexer'' ("The Ringer"). More abstract titles usually include the words ''Rätsel'' ("mystery") or ''Geheimnis'' ("secret"), for example ''Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee'' ("Secret of the Red Orchid") ''Das Rätsel des silbernen Dreiecks'' ("The Mystery of the Silver Triangle") and ''Das Geheimnis der grünen Stecknadel'' ("The Secret of the Green Pin"), while others hint at the location of the story, for example ''Der Fälscher von London'' ("The Forger of London"), ''Der Bucklige von Soho'' ("The Hunchback of [[Soho]]") and ''Die Tote aus der Themse'' ("The Dead Girl in the [[River Thames|Thames]]").

The repeated [[casting (performing arts)|casting]] of the same actors, generally for similar roles, is typical for the 1960s Wallace movies as well. Among the most popular lead protagonists are [[Joachim Fuchsberger]], [[Heinz Drache]] and [[Siegfried Lowitz]]. Shady characters were mostly played by [[Fritz Rasp]], [[Pinkas Braun]], [[Harry Wüstenhagen]] and especially [[Klaus Kinski]], while comic relief was offered by [[Eddi Arent]], [[Siegfried Schürenberg]] and later [[Hubert von Meyerinck]] or [[Chris Howland]]. Additionally, well-known film and stage actors like [[Elisabeth Flickenschildt]], [[Gert Fröbe]], [[Dieter Borsche]], [[Lil Dagover]], [[Karin Dor]] and [[Rudolf Forster]] repeatedly appeared in important guest roles.

The location of the story is, like in the novels, mostly London and its proximity, with the characters mostly moving through old castles, mansions or country houses – even if the sets were actually in Germany. Seedy night clubs, asylums, dark basements as well as, especially in later movies, girl's colleges and of course [[Scotland Yard]], are popular main and side locations for Edgar Wallace movies.

The stories are very similar across the series as well. The plot is most often centered on one inventively masked main villain. The motivations for the crimes are mostly greed, revenge, legacy hunting, and, especially in later movies, things like white slavery and the drug trade. Not unlike the later Italian subgenre of [[Giallo]], the Wallace Krimi movies heavily revolve around the work of the police or a private investigator. Another typical feature is the hapless heroine, and it is not uncommon for the two protagonists to be happily in love at the conclusion of the story.  The title sequences of the films were all in color from 1961 onwards, even if the rest of the film was in black and white. Also, in 1962 the voice-over "Hallo, hier spricht Edgar Wallace" ("Hello, this is Edgar Wallace speaking") was added to the beginning of the title sequence in the German versions only. Usually a murder is committed before the film's pre-credit sequence.

A very distinct trait is the [[Film score|score]] by [[Martin Böttcher]] and especially by [[Peter Thomas (composer)|Peter Thomas]]. Three of the four late German-Italian coproductions are even scored by [[Ennio Morricone]]. Little is known about the composer Keith Papworth, who scored ''Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen'', except that he died in March 1992.
((Listen|filename=hier_spricht_edgar_wallace.ogg|title=Hallo, hier spricht Edgar Wallace|description=The opening voiceover of the Rialto Edgar Wallace films from 1962 onwards – 23 [[Kilobyte|KB]]|format=[[Ogg]]))

==== Other Edgar Wallace-type German films====

In the wake of the Edgar Wallace movies, the Krimi genre became a staple of the German filmmaking scene. In addition to those based on the works of Edgar Wallace, are the Artur Brauner-produced [[Doctor Mabuse|Doktor Mabuse]] film series and the stories of [[Bryan Edgar Wallace]] (Wallace's son, who was also a crime novelist) such as ''[[The Mad Executioners]]'' and ''[[The Phantom of Soho]]''. Also, the [[Jerry Cotton]] and [[Kommissar X]] movie series, and the [[Father Brown]] and [[Louis Weinert-Wilton]] series, are stylistically closely related to the Edgar Wallace movies and all fall within the German Krimi genre.

The movies are still very well known in Germany today and there are frequent reruns of them on television – even if a large part of their appeal is their high [[Camp (style)|camp]] factor. Since the Edgar Wallace style is a stock motive of German filmmaking, there are numerous parodies and spoofs, most recently the 2004 movie ''[[Der Wixxer]]'' (approximately "The Wanker", a parody of ''[[Der Hexer (1964 film)|Der Hexer]]'') and its 2007 sequel ''((ill|Neues vom Wixxer|de))'' (a parody of ''[[Neues vom Hexer]]''), making fun of the now-clichéd conventions of the genre.

===Bryan Edgar Wallace films===
Seeking to emulate the success of [[Rialto Film]]'s Edgar Wallace movies, [[CCC Film]]kunst bought the rights to the written works of Edgar's son, [[Bryan Edgar Wallace]]. The stories were re-written as they were adapted into movies, but they were still promoted as "Bryan Edgar Wallace Movies" in the hope that his name would attract a large audience. The following were all CCC Filmkunst productions.<ref name="Dillmann">((cite book|last=Dillmann-Kühn|first=Claudia|title=Artur Brauner und die CCC|publisher=Deutsches Filmmuseum|year=1990|isbn=3-88799-034-X|pages=240–290))</ref>

*''Secret of the Black Trunk'' (''[[:de: Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer]]'') (1961) based on Bryan Wallace's novel ''Death Packs his Suitcase''
*''[[The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle]]'' (''Der Würger von Schloss Blackmoor'') (1963)
*''The Mad Executioners'' (''[[:de: Der Henker von London (1963)|Der Henker von London]]''/ ''The Hangman of London'') (1963)
*''[[Scotland Yard vs Dr. Mabuse]]'' (''Scotland Yard jagt Dr. Mabuse'') (1963)
*''The Phantom of Soho'' (''[[:de: Das Phantom von Soho]]'') (1964)
*''[[The Seventh Victim (1964 film)|The Seventh Victim]]'' (''Das siebente Opfer'') (1964) a.k.a. ''The Racetrack Murders''
*''[[The Monster of London City]]'' (''Das Ungeheuer von London City'') (1964)
*''The Death Avenger of Soho'' (''[[:de: Der Todesrächer von Soho]]'') (1970, co-produced with Telecine Filmproduktion, Fernsehproduktion, and Fenix Films of Madrid) released in Spain as ''El muerto hace las maletas''/ ''Death Packs His Suitcase''
*''[[The Dead Are Alive]]'' (''Das Geheimnis des gelben Grabes''/ ''Secret of the Yellow Graves'') (1972, co-produced with Mondial Tefi of Rome and Inex Film of Belgrade) released in Italy as ''L'etrusco uccide ancora''/ ''The Etruscan Kills Again''.

('''Note'''* - ''[[The Bird with the Crystal Plumage]]'' (''Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Handschuhe''/ ''Secret of the Black Gloves'') (1970), the last of the CCC Filmkunst productions, was falsely marketed in Germany as being based on a story by Bryan Edgar Wallace, but was actually adapted from [[Fredric Brown]]'s novel, ''The Screaming Mimi''.<ref>Lucas, Tim (2007). Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark. Video Watchdog. pp. 810–2. ((ISBN|0-9633756-1-X)).</ref>)

== Discography ==
(CDs predominately featuring the musical scores of Wallace movies)

*''Kriminalfilmmusik von Martin Böttcher'' – Rough Trade, BSC 307.6518.2
*''Kriminalfilmmusik von Martin Böttcher Vol. 2'' – Prudence, BSC 398.6534.2
*''Peter Thomas Kriminalfilmmusik'' – Prudence, BSC 398.6533.2
*''Kriminalfilmmusik No. 4'' – Prudence, BSC 398.6560.2
*''Peter Thomas Film Musik'' – Polydor, 517,096-2 (one CD)
*''Peter Thomas Film Musik'' – Polydor, 845,872–2 (two CDs)

== References ==
((Reflist))
* Florian Pauer: ''Die Edgar Wallace-Filme'', 1982, Goldmann Verlag, ((ISBN|3-442-10216-2)) ((in lang|de))
* Christos Tses: ''Der Hexer, der Zinker und andere Mörder'', 2002, Klartext-Verlag, ((ISBN|3-89861-080-2)) ((in lang|de))
* Joachim Kramp: ''Das Edgar Wallace Lexikon'', 2004, Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, ((ISBN|3-89602-508-2)) ((in lang|de))
* Georg Seeßlen: "Die deutschen Edgar Wallace-Filme" in: ''Mord im Kino. Geschichte und Mythologie des Detektiv-Films''. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1981, ((ISBN|3-499-17396-4)) ((in lang|de))

== External links ==
* [http://www.rialtofilm.de/en/index3.htm?welcome.htm Official website of Rialto Film]
* [http://www.wallace-online.de wallace-online.de], German fansite ((in lang|de))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071226234728/http://www.deutscher-tonfilm.de/ewallace1.html The German Edgar Wallace movies at deutscher-tonfilm.de] ((in lang|de))
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