Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter

First of a series of thrillers based on the novels of Nicolas Freeling

Dutch police inspector Piet Van der Valk finds himself repeatedly crossing paths wiht the beautiful yet troubled Lucienne Englebert, the daughter of a famous conductor recently killed in a car accident. Whern the maverick inspector investigates the seemingly senseless killing of a man in Amsertdam, will Lucienne turn up again?

Cast

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)