Between Shanghai and St. Pauli

Between Shanghai and St. Pauli
Directed by	Roberto Bianchi Montero Wolfgang Schleif
Written by	J. Joachim Bartsch
Produced by	Wolf C. Hartwig
Starring	Karin Baal Joachim Hansen Horst Frank
Cinematography	Klaus von Rautenfeld
Edited by	Herbert Taschner
Music by	Raimund Rosenberger
Production companies	Cinematografica Associati Rapid Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	5 October 1962 (1962-10-05)
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	West Germany Italy
Language	German

Between Shanghai and St. Pauli (German: Zwischen Schanghai und St. Pauli, Italian: I rinnegati di Capitan Kidd) is a 1962 West German-Italian crime adventure film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and Wolfgang Schleif and starring Karin Baal, Joachim Hansen and Horst Frank. It is also known by the alternative title Voyage to Danger.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Berthel.

Plot

A violent bar fight leads to Carlos, Blacky and Jochen joining the crew of the ramshackle freighter 'Trinidad'. It turns out that the decrepit ship with its expensive cargo is about to be blown up as part of an insurance fraud devised by the unscrupulous criminal Frederic and his accomplice Diana. Everything changes after it turns out that Vera Anden, a millionaire's daughter, is also on board. Frederic is the secretary to her father, a rich businessman, and wants to extort a high ransom. But the three protagonists take command of the ship following a wild shootout off the African coast. During a scuffle to capture Diana and Frederic, the criminal mastermind is able to detonate an explosive device attached to the ship. The freighter sinks, but the three friends and Vera Anden manage to make it ashore, where the rogue couple is taken away in handcuffs by the Moroccan police.

Cast

• Karin Baal as Vera
• Joachim Hansen as Jochen
• Horst Frank as Frederic
• Carlo Giustini as Carlos
• Ugo Sasso as Kapitän Brinkmann
• Luisella Boni as Diana
• Carmela Corren as Sängerin in der Bar
• Mario del Marius as Quieto
• Dorothee Parker as Diana
• Bill Ramsey as Blacky

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Between Shanghai and St. Pauli at IMDb