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.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on the novel I Was Jack Mortimer
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Music
Music by Horst Jankowski
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Karl Schröder
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Alexander Lernet-HoleniaNovel
- Oliver StorzWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 20, 1961
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Gunther MalzacherSponer
Ingrid van BergenEliza
Hertha MartinInge
Horst NiendorfHaintl
Manfred IngerLarsen
Bum KrügerRenz- Helmut BraschBerthold
Karl Lieffen
Horst Beck- Walter BachReceptionist
Karl BockxCab Driver
Siegfried Breuer Jr.
Kurt ZipsCab Driver
Eva Maria BauerMaid- Eddy Günther
- Franziska Liebing
- Hans Stadtmüller
- Peter Brand
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