Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)

Director
Alfred Vohrer

Main cast
Harald Leipnitz; Klaus Kinski; Carl Lange; Ilse Steppat; Hermann Lenschau

Genres
Crime, Horror

Description
Scotland Yard is after a homicidal maniac called The Blue Hand, which is what he uses to kill his victims.


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