I Was Jack Mortimer

I Was Jack Mortimer

85 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 16, 1935

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.

I Was Jack Mortimer

85 mins | Drama, Thriller | Oct. 16, 1935

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.
Producers Carl Froelich-Film GmbH (I)
Original title Ich war Jack Mortimer
Directors Carl Froelich
Writers Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Robert A. Stemmle, Thea von Harbou

Cast

Adolf Wohlbrück

as Ferdinand 'Fred' Sponer

Eugen Klöpfer

as Pedro Montemayor

Sybille Schmitz

as Winifred Montemayor

Marieluise Claudius

as Marie Polikow

Hilde Hildebrand

as Daisy

Max Gülstorff

as Colonel Polikow, Marie's father

Maria Loja

as Mrs. Polikow, Marie's mother

Heinz Salfner

as Andrassy, Daisy's friend

Jochen Hauer

as Doering, a taxi-driver

Georg A. Profé

as Jack Mortimer