The Monk with the Whip

The Monk with the Whip (German: Der Mönch mit der Peitsche) is a 1967 West German mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Uschi Glas and Grit Boettcher.^[1] It is inspired by the 1926 novel The Black Abbot and subsequent 1927 play The Terror by Edgar Wallace which also served as the basis for the 1965 film The Sinister Monk. It was made as part of Rialto Film's long-running series of film adaptations of Wallace's works.

The Monk with the Whip
Directed by	Alfred Vohrer
Written by	Edgar Wallace (novel) Herbert Reinecker
Produced by	Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Joachim Fuchsberger Uschi Glas Grit Boettcher
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Jutta Hering
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production company	Rialto Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	11 August 1967 (1967-08-11)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The sets were designed by the art director Walter Kutz and Wilhelm Vorwerg. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and on location in West Berlin.

The film was released in the U.S. as The College Girl Murders.^[2]

Cast

• Joachim Fuchsberger as Inspektor Higgins
• Uschi Glas as Ann Portland
• Grit Boettcher as Betty Falks
• Konrad Georg as Keyston
• Harry Riebauer as Mark Denver
• Tilly Lauenstein as Harriet Foster
• Ilse Pagé as Sekretärin
• Siegfried Rauch as Frank Keeney
• Claus Holm as Glenn Powers
• Günter Meisner as Greaves
• Hans Epskamp as Bannister
• Heinz Spitzner as Harrison
• Jan Hendriks as Brent
• Rudolf Schündler as Sergeant Hanfield
• Narziß Sokatscheff as Cress Bartling
• Tilo von Berlepsch as Polizeiarzt
• Kurt Waitzmann as Carrington
• Suzanne Roquette as Mary Houston
• Susanne Hsiao as June Bell
• Inge Sievers as Mildred Miller
• Ewa Strömberg as Pam Walsbury
• Bruno W. Pantel as Busschaffner
• Kurt Buecheler as Winston Robson
• Siegfried Schürenberg as Sir John