
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.
Cast

Frank Finlay
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk

Judy Winter
Anne-Marie Marchal

Helmut Käutner
Canisius

Hans Helmut Dickow
Stössl

Françoise Prévost
Arlette van der Valk

Marte Harell
Mrs Kramer

Erich Padalewski
Serak
Rudolf Strobl
Tappeiner
Otto Ambros
Portier
Emmerich Schrenk
Cab driver
Fritz Widhalm-Windegg
Attorney

Kees Brusse
Unknown
Horst Butschke
Unknown
Peter Frick
Unknown
Fritz Hakl
Unknown
Sepp Löwinger
Unknown
Adolf Lukan
Unknown
Tilman Röhrig
Unknown
Rudolf Rössner
Unknown
Heinz Schacht
Unknown
Heinrich Strobele
Unknown

Michael Ande
(voice) (uncredited)
Paul Bürks
(voice) (uncredited)

Wolfgang Kieling
(voice) (uncredited)

Eva Pflug
(voice) (uncredited)

Thomas Reiner
(voice) (uncredited)

Fritz Tillmann
(voice) (uncredited)
Crew

Wolfgang Petersen
Director
Eleanor Wolquitt
Scenario Writer
Robert Muller
Teleplay
Nicolas Freeling
Novel
Liselotte Klimitscheck
Editor
Jörg-Michael Baldenius
Director of Photography
Gaby Werth
Assistant Director
Karl Schwetter
Production Supervisor
Volker Canaris
Producer
Gerald Szyszkowitz
Producer
Nils Nilson
Producer
Robert Siepen
Producer
Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff
Production Design
Wolf Witzemann
Production Design
Barbara Langbein
Costume Design
Edda Hackenberg
Makeup Artist
Günter Kulier
Makeup Artist
Nils Sustrate
Original Music Composer
Klaus Jüptner
Production Manager