The Mad Executioners is a 1963 German film that was adapted from an Edgar Wallace novel. Robert a Stemmle is the writer and the director is Edwin Zbonek. It's another 2 movie disc from Netflix. The other film on the disc is just above this one. The movie was released in 1963 in German but not until nearly 2 years later in the US.
It's a crime story, a group of citizens are acting as judge, jury and executioners. They have a crypt for their judgin' and they sit behind coffins in black robes and hoods. The accused are tried and found guilty pretty much right away. They are immediately sent to the gallows and hung. The executioners use the same hangman's rope, stolen from Scotland Yard, for the hangin'. The men who get hung are all pretty scummy. They escaped justice for their crimes, at least until the gang caught up with them. The cops want to put a stop to the gang and they work through the movie toward that end.
Pretty entertaining, I thought. The IMDb says it's a 6 and I concur. Worth a look for me but not one I would want to buy. I doubt I'd ever get around to it again.
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