M - Mystery Suspense Thriller Film1931 - Public Domain Movie

Movie: M
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Release date: 11 May 1931
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens

Plot: In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.