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Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter poster

Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter Cast & Characters

1h 44m
Starring Cast
F
Frank Finlay
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
C
Cyd Hayman
Lucienne Englebert
F
Françoise Arnoul
Solange de Winter
O
Oskar Homolka
Hoofdcommissaris Samson
W
Werner Finck
Mankiewicz
P
Pierre Vaneck
Stam
Key crew
Director
Peter Zadek
Screenplay
Robert Muller , Peter Zadek
Based on
Nicolas Freeling
Music
Peter Schirmann
Cinematography
Walter Lassally
Editor
Max Benedict
Production design
Erich Wonder

Full cast

11 cast members
Frank Finlay
Commissaris Simon "Piet" van der Valk
Cyd Hayman
Lucienne Englebert
Françoise Arnoul
Solange de Winter
Oskar Homolka
Hoofdcommissaris Samson
Werner Finck
Mankiewicz
Pierre Vaneck
Stam
Peter Roggisch
Royaard
Françoise Prévost
Arlette van der Valk
Hans Járay
Englebert
Günter Lamprecht
Bernard Neefs
Hansjörg Felmy
(voice) (uncredited)

Crew by department

10 crew members

Writing

Nicolas Freeling
Novel
Peter Zadek
Writer
Robert Muller
Writer