Der Springteufel is a 1974 West German TV movie starring Dieter Hallervorden and Arno Assmann, directed by Heinz Schirk. It is a remake of the British television play Yob and Nabob (1965, in the anthology series Theatre 625), written by Derrick Sherwin, an English television writer best known for his work in Doctor Who. It is a psychological thriller about a hitchhiker to Frankfurt who takes the man who gives him a lift hostage and plays mind games with him. It was released on DVD in 2006. Cast Arno Assmann – Driver Dieter Hallervorden – Hitchhiker Hanna Seiffert Klaus Dieter Söder Manfred Böhm Hans Weverinck Hans Diener External links (de) Review from fernsehkritik.tv 1974 films 1974 television films 1970s thriller films German thriller films West German films 1970s German-language films German-language television shows German television films Films about hitchhiking 1970s German films Das Erste original programming