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Wet Asphalt
Wet Asphalt

Wet Asphalt

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In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him. Soon he learns that the famous journalist Cesar Boyd was the responsible for the shorter sentence. Cesar offers a position of his assistant to Greg; in return, Boyd would write his story about his interviews to war criminals and Greg would help him in other matters. Meanwhile Boyd welcomes the daughter of a deceased friend, Bettina, and he becomes her guardian.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

02 April 1958

Country

Germany

Cast

Horst Buchholz

Horst Buchholz

Greg Bachmann

Martin Held

Martin Held

Cesar Boyd

Maria Perschy

Maria Perschy

Bettina

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

Jupp

Heinz Reincke

Heinz Reincke

Der Blinde

Inge Meysel

Inge Meysel

Gustl

Peter Capell

Peter Capell

Jimmy Donnagan

Richard Münch

Richard Münch

Dr. Wolf

Marlene Riphahn

Marlene Riphahn

Renate Schacht

Renate Schacht

Wanda

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