I mean, come on! There's some creepy, fat, old guy positively drooling over Ella, even inquiring after her to her brother. Then the Frog turns up at her house out of nowhere and demands that she be his! Now then, now then, now then, I wonder who could be hiding behind that froggy mask...
Apart from the complete lack of uncertainty as to the identity of the Frog, though, it's an OK start to this long string of Edgar Wallace films. Joachim Fuchsberger lays his towel over the lead role so if anyone else wants the role, they'll have to get up extra early, throw his towel in the pool and pretend the wind blew it there. The other actors are good too, although Ella's stupid hothead brother is pretty annoying and I was a bit sad when he didn't get killed.
The series is up and running.
The series is up and running.