The Mysterious Magician (1964) on Netflix
Gwenda Milton is found dead in the Thames. Her brother, the uncaught criminal known as Der Hexer, is expected back in England, and Inspector Higgins must find her killer first.
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The body of Gwenda Milton, secretary to the lawyer Maurice Messer, is recovered from the Thames, and the autopsy shows she was strangled, not drowned. Her brother Arthur Milton, whom the public calls Der Hexer, drove other crooks to suicide, was expelled from England, and now lives in Australia. Inspector Higgins of Scotland Yard and Sir John take the case, and the Hexer is not expected to leave his sister's murder unanswered. The gang around Messer receives a letter that lists its names and a death sentence. An anonymous tip brings Higgins to an abandoned house rigged with explosives, set off as he arrives. Retired inspector Warren, the only man who has seen the Hexer, offers his help, and the police believe the Hexer may have reached London with his wife, Cora Ann Milton.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Mysterious Magician (1964)
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- The 2004 German comedy Der Wixxer is a parody of and wordplay on Der Hexer, putting particular emphasis on parodying the German Edgar Wallace productions of the 1960s and 1970s; its title misspells the German vulgar term for "wanker".
