Creature with the Blue Hand

Creature with the Blue Hand
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlfred Vohrer
Screenplay byHerbert Reinecker
Based onThe Blue Hand
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byHorst Wendlandt
Starring
CinematographyErnst W. Kalinke
Edited byJutta Hering
Music byMartin Böttcher
Production
company
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 28 April 1967 (1967-04-28)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryWest Germany

Creature with the Blue Hand (German: Die blaue Hand) is a West German horror film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Harald Leipnitz, Klaus Kinski and Ilse Steppat. It is based on the 1925 novel The Blue Hand by Edgar Wallace and was part of a long-running series of adaptations made by Rialto Film. The film's plot involves the police tracking a killer known as the Blue Hand. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Kutz and Wilhelm Vorwerg.