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The Fugitive from Chicago

Original title: Der Flüchtling aus Chicago

★ 5.8 TMDB Rating · 3 votes

Werner Dux, heir of the big car company "Dux-Werke", is a gambler who has just been arrested in Chicago for shooting a cardsharper. While in jail, he learns from his friend Michael Nissen that his father has died recently. That means that the Dux-Werke are without a leader at the moment, for Werner's cousin Steffie, who is his co-heiress, is still too young to run the firm. In this situation, Werner convinces his friend Michael, who is an engineer by profession, to take over the firm as long as he is in jail and to pose as him. Michael agrees and is able to bring the firm up again. He even arranges a reliability test for motorcycles via Istanbul, Rome and Barcelona, which creates a big Turkish order for the company. When the real Werner escapes from jail and arrives in Germany, it looks as if the whole story is up to bust. But Werner needs money, so he convinces Michael to go on as before and hand over all profits of the firm to him.

Director
Johannes Meyer
Release date
Jan 2, 1934
Original language
German
Origin
Germany

Cast of The Fugitive from Chicago

  • Portrait of Gustav Fröhlich

    Gustav Fröhlich

    Michael Nissen

  • Portrait of Hubert von Meyerinck

    Hubert von Meyerinck

    Werner Dux

  • Portrait of Luise Ullrich

    Luise Ullrich

    Steffie Dux

  • Portrait of Adele Sandrock

    Adele Sandrock

    Fräulein von Zackenthin

  • Portrait of Paul Kemp

    Paul Kemp

    August P. Lemke, Buchhalter

  • Portrait of Lil Dagover

    Lil Dagover

    Eveline

  • Portrait of Will Dohm

    Will Dohm

    Billy

  • Portrait of Otto Wernicke

    Otto Wernicke

    Wolke, Werkmeister

  • Ernst Dumcke

    Generaldirektor v. Oetten

  • Lilo Müller

    Ruth Müller

  • Armand Zäpfel

    Smith, Polizeikommissar

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