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I Was Jack Mortimer

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.

Top Cast

  • Anton Walbrook

    Anton Walbrook

    Ferdinand 'Fred' Sponer

  • Eugen Klöpfer

    Eugen Klöpfer

    Pedro Montemayor

  • Sybille Schmitz

    Sybille Schmitz

    Winifred Montemayor

  • Marieluise Claudius

    Marieluise Claudius

    Marie Polikow

  • Hilde Hildebrand

    Hilde Hildebrand

    Daisy

  • Max Gülstorff

    Max Gülstorff

    Colonel Polikow, Marie's father

  • Maria Loja

    Maria Loja

    Mrs. Polikow, Marie's mother

  • Heinz Salfner

    Heinz Salfner

    Andrassy, Daisy's friend

  • Jochen Hauer

    Jochen Hauer

    Doering, a taxi-driver

Overview

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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