"Dutch police officer Van der Valk is pulled away for a private investigation for a friend of the chief of police to find the missing junior manager. When he gets to know his woman, he is fascinated by the thought of running away with her."
Frank Finlay
as Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Judy Winter
as Anne-Marie Marchal
Helmut Käutner
as Canisius
Hans Helmut Dickow
as Stössl
Françoise Prévost
as Arlette van der Valk
Marte Harell
as Mrs Kramer
Erich Padalewski
as Serak
Rudolf Strobl
as Tappeiner
Otto Ambros
as Portier
Emmerich Schrenk
as Cab driver
Fritz Widhalm-Windegg
as Attorney
Kees Brusse
as
Horst Butschke
Peter Frick
Fritz Hakl
Sepp Löwinger
Adolf Lukan
Tilman Röhrig
Rudolf Rösner
Heinz Schacht
Heinrich Strobele
Michael Ande
as (voice) (uncredited)
Paul Bürks
Wolfgang Kieling
Eva Pflug
Thomas Reiner
Fritz Tillmann
Wolfgang Petersen
Director
Nicolas Freeling
Novel
Robert Muller
Teleplay
Eleanor Wolquitt
Scenario Writer
Volker Canaris
Producer
Gerald Szyszkowitz
Nils Nilson
Robert Siepen
Nils Sustrate
Music
Jörg-Michael Baldenius
Cinematography
Liselotte Klimitscheck
Editor
Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff
Production Design
Wolf Witzemann
Barbara Langbein
Costume Design
Edda Hackenberg
Makeup Artist
Günter Kulier
Klaus Jüptner
Production Manager
Karl Schwetter
Production Supervisor
Gaby Werth
Assistant Director