Constable Studer

Constable Studer (Wachtmeister Studer) is a 1939 Swiss crime film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Heinrich Gretler, Adolf Manz and Anne-Marie Blanc. The film is based on a novel by Friedrich Glauser. It was followed by a sequel Madness Rules in 1947 with Gretler reprising his role.

It was shot at the Rosenhof Studios in Zürich over the summer of 1939.

Synopsis
A policeman is not convinced that the prime suspect in a murder case is realty guilty and so decides to reinvestigate the case, despite the lack of co-operation from locals.

Cast

 * Heinrich Gretler as Wachtmeister Jakob Studer / Constable Jakob Studer
 * Adolf Manz as Bürgermeister Aeschbacher / Mayor Aeschbacher
 * Bertha Danegger as Mutter Aeschbacher / Mother Aeschbacher
 * Armin Schweizer as Gottlieb Ellenberger
 * Ellen Widmann as Anastasia Witschi
 * Robert Trösch as Armin Witschi
 * Anne-Marie Blanc as Sonja Witschi
 * Robert Bichler as Erwin Schlumpf
 * Hans Kaes as Polizist Murmann / Police officer Murmann
 * Zarli Carigiet as Schreier
 * Rudolf Bernhard as Schwomm
 * Sigfrit Steiner as Untersuchungsricher Steffen / Examining magistrate Steffen
 * Alfred Lucca as Gerber
 * Rita Liechti as Serviertochter
 * Mathilde Danegger as Frau Hofmann
 * Willi Ackermann
 * Lukas Ammann
 * Emil Gerber
 * Carlo Bertozza
 * Arnold Müdespacher