The Black Sheep(Movie, 1960)

Name: The Black Sheep
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1960
Duration: T01:30:00
Rating: 3.3

Original title: "Das schwarze Schaf" (German/DE)

1h 30min | Genres: Comedy, Crime

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 10 votes)

The Black Sheep (German: Das schwarze Schaf) is a 1960 German krimi mystery film directed by Helmut Ashley and starring Heinz Rühmann, Karl Schönböck and Maria Sebaldt. It is loosely based on the Father Brown stories by G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown manages to demonstrate the innocence of a man accused of murder by finding the real culprit. Rühmann reprised the role in He Can't Stop Doing It in 1962. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Ireland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Robert Stratil. ()

Part of the Pater Brown Collection

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About The Black Sheep

Father Brown starts solving crimes, much to the annoyance of his housekeeper, the police and especially his bishop, who is not amused by a priest playing detective.

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany

Plays in: Republic of Ireland

Made by: Bavaria Film, Bavaria-Filmkunst

Original language: German (DE)

Spoken languages: German (DE)

Translated into 3 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/19/1960

Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Lina Carstens, Siegfried Lowitz, Fritz Rasp, Karl Schönböck, Herbert Tiede, Friedrich Domin, Maria Sebaldt, Gernot Duda, E. O. Fuhrmann, Hans Leibelt, Wolf Petersen

Director: Helmut Ashley

Producer: Wilhelm Utermann

Screenwriter: Hans Jacoby, G. K. Chesterton

Film Editor: Walter Boos

Director of Photography: Erich Claunigk

Composer: Martin Böttcher

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Pater Brown - Das schwarze Schaf"

"Isä Brown murhaajien kintereillä"

"Fais ta valise Sherlock Holmes"

"L'astucieux inspecteur Brown"

"Tre delitti per padre Brown"

Keywords: priest, black and white

Color: Black & White (B/W)

3 movies in the Pater Brown Collection

1960 The Black Sheep

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The Black Sheep(Movie, 1960)

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