"Der grüne Bogenschütze" or "The Green Archer" is a German movie from 1961, so it is already 55 years old. It is another addition to the Edgar Wallace crime movie series that was produced in great quantity at this period. But not great quality sadly and this one here is another example. it is one of the earlier installments and still in black-and-white. It runs for slightly under 90 minutes as they usually do and the main antagonist in here is once again mentioned in the title. In terms of the general plot, it is very generic and basically the same like the other films. A police detective is investigating and occasionally we see some more policemen. There are so many suspects and in the center of it all is a woman who seems very closely connected to the crime, but is never a suspect. The cast includes more names than usual here: Wussow, Dor, Aren't, Völz and maybe others that you may know and I don't. But the biggest name for me here is definitely Gert Froebe, who was very prominent in crime films during that era, also in the newer Mabuse films. He was great as usual, but I personally found the crime story and everything around it so weak that not even Froebe's quality acting as usual could not save this film from becoming a disappointment. I give it a thumbs down. Don't watch.
Review of Der grüne Bogenschütze
