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