I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)
1h 25m
Running Time
October 16, 1935Release Date
I Was Jack Mortimer (1935)
1h 25m
Running Time
October 16, 1935Release Date
Plot.
The jealous star conductor Montemayor knows that his beautiful younger wife, Winifred, is cheating on him with an American named Jack Mortimer. After the concert rehearsal, he takes a taxi to the train station, sees Mortimer and shoots him at an intersection from the backseat of his taxi. The shot is not heard during the traffic noise. The taxi driver, Sponer, sitting in his car with the now-dead Mortimer, goes into a panic.
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Cast & Crew.

Anton Walbrook
Ferdinand 'Fred' Sponer

Eugen Klöpfer
Pedro Montemayor

Sybille Schmitz
Winifred Montemayor

Marieluise Claudius
Marie Polikow

Hilde Hildebrand
Daisy

Max Gülstorff
Colonel Polikow, Marie's father

Maria Loja
Mrs. Polikow, Marie's mother

Heinz Salfner
Andrassy, Daisy's friend

Jochen Hauer
Doering, a taxi-driver

Georg A. Profé
Jack Mortimer

Hugo Drahower

Harald Böhmelt
Composer

Reimar Kuntze
Cinematographer

Gustav Lohse
Editor

Carl Froelich
Director

Robert A. Stemmle
Writer

Alexander Lernet-Holenia
Novel

Thea von Harbou
Writer

Michael von Newlinsky

Josef Reithofer

Eugen Wallrath

Gerda Preiß

Manfred Meurer

Peter Lau

Jochen Kuhlmey

Otto Grüneberg

Aribert Grimmer

Erich Fiedler

Adolf Essek

Sophie Eschenbach

Albert von Kersten

Hanns Waschatko
Details.
Release DateOctober 16, 1935
Original NameIch war Jack Mortimer
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Genres
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Wiki.
I Was Jack Mortimer (German: Ich war Jack Mortimer) is a 1935 German thriller film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Anton Walbrook, Eugen Klöpfer, and Sybille Schmitz. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. It is an adaptation of the 1933 novel of the same title by Alexander Lernet-Holenia.