The Squeaker (1931 film)

{{short description|1931 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Squeaker

| image = The Squeaker (1931 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = {{ubl|Martin Frič|Karel Lamač}}

| producer = Karel Lamač

| writer = {{ubl|Edgar Wallace (novel)|Rudolph Cartier|Egon Eis|Otto Eis}}

| starring = {{ubl|Lissy Arna|Karl Ludwig Diehl|Fritz Rasp}}

| cinematography = Otto Heller

| editing = {{ubl|Alwin Elling|Heinz Ritter}}

| studio = Ondra-Lamac-Film

| distributor = Süd-Film

| released = {{Film date|1931|7|30|df=yes}}

| runtime = 70 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

}}

The Squeaker (German: Der Zinker) is a 1931 German crime film directed by Martin Frič and Karel Lamač and starring Lissy Arna, Karl Ludwig Diehl and Fritz Rasp.{{cite web |url=http://www.csfd.cz/film/3176-udavac/ |title=Udavač |access-date=23 January 2011 |work=csfd.cz}} It is an adaptation of the 1927 Edgar Wallace novel The Squeaker. This adaptation introduced the mix of suspense and comedy that would come to define numerous German Wallace adaptations over the following decades.Bergfelder p.145 Lamač followed it up with another Wallace film The Ringer in 1932. The film's sets were designed by the art director Heinz Fenchel. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin and on location in Prague.