"Der Mann mit dem Glasauge" or "Terror on Half Moon Street" or "The Man with the Glass Eye" is a German movie from the late 1960s. The film's director is Alfred Vohrer once again just like in so many others of the Edgar Wallace series. Lead actor is Horst Tappert ("Derrick") and this is also not the only appearance for him in terms of Edgar Wallace. And also the runtime is at under 90 minutes exactly what they usually are. But something unusual is that I did enjoy this one. Most of the other German Wallace films I saw were really nothing special at all, but this one is kinda memorable. The reason is not Tappert's lead performance as I found him fairly bland or the antagonist in the film's title, who almost becomes forgotten the longer the film goes. The heart and should of the movie are the supporting characters, be it the main character's boss, his assistant or the several crew members from a local circus performers group. All colorful characters and they were interesting enough for me to watch. The final scenes involving an evil old aristocrat lady, her son's love interest who may be just as evil or just the very final scene in which a group of girls gets saved from being forced to go into prostitution, it was all interesting to watch and unlike many other films, the comedic parts work fine in here as well. I recommend "Der Mann mit dem Glasauge". This was actually a convincing watch. Thumbs up.
