After a long time, a circus is back in the area of Tidal Basin and already the strange phantom has reappeared: the white clown! He robbed banks and stores without a system and disappeared without a trace. Lane and Higgins, together with the worn-out journalist Shapiro, hunt for the mysterious culprit in the dense London fog.
Practical Effects
Whiteface clown makeup somehow scarier than intended.
Production
Fog budget clearly exceeded acting budget.
Director
Wolfgang F. Henschel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Eddi Arent's 37th and final Edgar Wallace film, closing a legendary run that began in 1959.
The 2000s German TV Wallace revival tried to modernize the formula but mostly produced forgettable fog-drenched content like this.