Kinski plays TWINS in a German krimi where the killer wears a literal blue hand. Camp? Yes. Unhinged? Absolutely.
Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.
Acting
Kinski's unhinged twin performance—two flavors of creepy.
Production
The actual blue hand prop: gloriously ridiculous.
Direction
Vohrer's kinetic German krimi style before it got stale.
Director
Alfred Vohrer
Harald Leipnitz
Inspektor Craig
Klaus Kinski
Dave Emerson / Richard Emerson
Carl Lange
Dr. Albert Mangrove
Ilse Steppat
Lady Emerson
Hermann Lenschau
Rechtsanwalt Douglas
Diana Körner
Myrna Emerson
Gudrun Genest
Schwester Harris
Albert Bessler
Butler Anthony
Ilse Pagé
Miss Mabel Finley
Thomas Danneberg
Charles Emerson
Heinz Spitzner
Richter
Siegfried Schürenberg
Sir John
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the 12th Edgar Wallace krimi in four years; they were essentially West Germany's Bond franchise, complete with rotating directors and increasingly absurd gadgets.
The 'blue hand' was originally a glove in Wallace's novel, but producer Rialto Film demanded a more visual monster—hence the claw prop that actors kept tripping over.
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