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ActionCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

Stolen Identity

- DANGER HUNTS THEM! DEATH HAUNTS THEM!

A jealous musician kills his wife and frames a cab driver.

Release Date : 1953-04-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Transglobe-Film Inc.

Production Country : AustriaUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Donald Buka

Character Name : Toni Sponer

Original Name : Donald Buka

Gender : Male

Joan Camden

Character Name : Karen Manelli

Original Name : Joan Camden

Gender : Female

Francis Lederer

Character Name : Claude Manelli

Original Name : Francis Lederer

Gender : Male

Adrienne Gessner

Character Name : Mrs. Fraser

Original Name : Adrienne Gessner

Gender : Female

Inge Konradi

Character Name : Marie

Original Name : Inge Konradi

Gender : Female

Gisela Wilke

Character Name : Old Doll

Original Name : Gisela Wilke

Gender : Male

Hermann Erhardt

Character Name : Inspector

Original Name : Hermann Erhardt

Gender : Male

Egon von Jordan

Character Name : Kruger (as E. von Jordan)

Original Name : Egon von Jordan

Gender : Male

Manfred Inger

Character Name : Heinth

Original Name : Manfred Inger

Gender : Male

Karl Farkas

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Karl Farkas

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-13

There's quite a lot going on in this complex thriller. Fairly quickly we realise that "Karen" (Joan Camden) is unhappily married to concert pianist "Claude" (Francis Lederer). Unfortunately, her maid isn't very trustworthy and so a note suggesting a rendezvous with a recently arrived American visitor ends up with her husband, who has no intention of letting her meet him. Amidst all these domestic machinations, local cabbie "Sponer" (Donald Luka) is dreaming of a emigrating to the USA. At this point, serendipity takes rather a menacing hand in the proceedings with "Buka" finding himself in possession of a corpse, an American passport and a plane ticket. Perhaps this is his chance to escape his drudgery? Before he can make too many plans however, "Karen" shows up at his (borrowed) hotel room expecting her friend, realises he's a fraud and with her husband using the police and virtually any means to keep her close we find quite a tight game of cat and mouse - and just a hint of romance - develops. It's quite a tightly delivered story with a decent amount of intrigue even though I felt the denouement felt a little rushed and flat. There isn't a star as such, a collection of competent B-listers do well enough with the script to keep this moving along for eighty minutes of Hogmanay celebrations that have just enough of a sense of mystery to be worth watching.