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Jack Mortimer

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Jack Mortimer

1961

1h 28m

9.0(1 votes)

TV Movie

Crime

Overview

Munich cab driver Herbert Sponer picks up American businessman Jack Mortimer at the train station. Suddenly Mortimer is shot while driving and Sponer has to try to avoid being suspected as the perpetrator.

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Production Companies

Bavaria Film

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gunther Malzacher

Gunther Malzacher

Sponer

Ingrid van Bergen

Ingrid van Bergen

Eliza

Hertha Martin

Hertha Martin

Inge

Horst Niendorf

Horst Niendorf

Haintl

Manfred Inger

Manfred Inger

Larsen

Bum Krüger

Bum Krüger

Renz

Helmut Brasch

Berthold

Karl Lieffen

Karl Lieffen

Horst Beck

Horst Beck

Walter Bach

Receptionist

Creative team

Directed by: Michael Kehlmann
Written by: Oliver Storz

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