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Emil and the Detectives

6.219641h 39mPGMovieActionAdventureComedy

When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his family, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, a young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the…

DirectorPeter Tewksbury
WriterAJ Carothers
ProducerWalt Disney

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Cast · Directed by Peter Tewksbury

WSWalter Slezak
Walter Slezak
Baron
BRBryan Russell
Bryan Russell
Emil Tischbein
RMRoger Mobley
Roger Mobley
Gustav
HSHeinz Schubert
Heinz Schubert
Grundeis
PEPeter Ehrlich
Peter Ehrlich
Müller
CC
Cindy Cassell
Pony Hütchen
EWElsa Wagner
Elsa Wagner
Nana
ESEva Ingeborg Scholz
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Frau Tischbein
WVWolfgang Völz
Wolfgang Völz
Wachmeister Stucke
DP
David Petrychka
Dienstag
BR
Brian Richardson
The Professor
RSRobert Swann
Robert Swann
Hermann

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