Backdrop
Wet Asphalt

Wet Asphalt (1958)

1h 30m | PG-13

⭐ 5.8 / 10

In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him. Soon he learns that the famous journalist Cesar Boyd was the responsible for the shorter sentence. Cesar offers a position of his assistant to Greg; in return, Boyd would write his story about his interviews to war criminals and Greg would help him in other matters. Meanwhile Boyd welcomes the daughter of a deceased friend, Bettina, and he becomes her guardian.

Director: Frank Wisbar

Studio: Inter West Film

Genre: Thriller, Drama

Video: 720p

▶ Watch

Cast

Horst Buchholz

Horst Buchholz

as Greg Bachmann

Martin Held

Martin Held

as Cesar Boyd

Maria Perschy

Maria Perschy

as Bettina

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

as Jupp

Heinz Reincke

Heinz Reincke

as Der Blinde

Inge Meysel

Inge Meysel

as Gustl