German director Hans Noever shot this crime drama in the U.S. in English, an unusual achievement at this time. The setting is Jefferson City, Missouri, and Joseph Randolph, a VIP in a fictional electronics company, has just gotten the sack. The company bigwigs insist it is simply because of downsizing, but Randolph is not buying it. Enraged, he gets a handgun (this is the U.S.) and shoots five managers to death. Then he turns himself in and is eventually put in a psychiatric hospital by the police. His family suffers a series of tragedies that leave only his daughter to wonder about why her father was committed to an institution. She joins with a visiting reporter from Chicago and another interested man, and all three start digging deeper into the company's history.
Directing | Hans Noever | Director |
Camera | Walter Lassally | Director of Photography |
Writing | Hans Noever | Writer |
Editing | Christa Wernicke | Editor |
Sound | Joe Haider | Music |
Writing | Patrick Roth | Dialogue |
Writing | Christian Watton | Dialogue |
Editing | Susi Gogel | Assistant Editor |
Editing | Silvia Huber | Assistant Editor |
Crew | Kim Schäfermeyer | Cinematography |
Camera | Ron Fortunato | Assistant Camera |
Sound | Hans-Dieter Schwarz | Sound Mixer |
Sound | Michael Etz | Sound Assistant |
Sound | Ed Parente | Sound |
Directing | Alain Wermus | Assistant Director |
Directing | Dirk Petersmann | Assistant Director |
Directing | Ursula Jeshel | Assistant Director |
Production | Veith von Fürstenberg | Production Manager |
Production | Richard Pfannenstiel | Unit Manager |
Production | Dirk Petersmann | Unit Manager |
Costume & Make-Up | Anita Müllerschön | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Carol Cox | Costume Design |
Art | Toni Lüdi | Production Design |
Production | Molly von Fürstenberg | Producer |
Production | Elvira Senft | Producer |
Production | Denyse Noever | Producer |
Production | Michel Piccoli | Producer |
Production | Hans Kaden | Co-Producer |