Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter
DirectorPeter Zadek
“First of a series of thrillers based on the novels of Nicolas Freeling”
Dutch police inspector Piet Van der Valk finds himself repeatedly crossing paths wiht the beautiful yet troubled Lucienne Englebert, the daughter of a famous conductor recently killed in a car accident. Whern the maverick inspector investigates the seemingly senseless killing of a man in Amsertdam, will Lucienne turn up again?
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Cast
Frank Finlay
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Cyd Hayman
Lucienne Englebert
Françoise Arnoul
Solange de Winter
Oskar Homolka
Hoofdcommissaris Samson
Werner Finck
Mankiewicz
Pierre Vaneck
Stam
Peter Roggisch
Royaard
Françoise Prévost
Arlette van der Valk
Hans Járay
Englebert
Günter Lamprecht
Bernard Neefs
Hansjörg Felmy
(voice) (uncredited)
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