Who Drove the Grey Ford?

Who Drove the Grey Ford? (1950)

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"Who Drove the Grey Ford?" ("Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?") is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Otto Wernicke, marking his only directorial effort, and starring Wernicke as Kriminalkommissar Thieme alongside Ursula Herking, Hilde Sessak, and Wolfgang Neuss. The movie was filmed at numerous original locations in post-war Mannheim. It draws directly from a real-life 1949 post office robbery in Mannheim, exploring the social dislocations of the era through a documentary-style depiction of petty crime and moral dilemmas among young survivors of World War II. The plot centers on three young men scraping by through car stunts and minor cons in the uncertain landscape of Nachkriegsdeutschland, where one sensitive outsider, Peter "Penny," seeks to leave the life behind for love but is coerced into participating in a high-stakes robbery of a money transport. The heist unfolds according to plan, but Penny's well-intentioned yet careless action alerts the police...

Director: Otto Wernicke

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

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