Stolen Identity (film)

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Stolen Identity
File:Stolen Identity film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Gunther von Fritsch
Produced by Turhan Bey
Written by Robert Hill
Story by Alexander Lernet-Holenia
(novel Ich war Jack Mortimer)
Starring Donald Buka
Joan Camden
Francis Lederer
Music by Richard Hageman
Cinematography Helmut Ashley
Release dates
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  • April 3, 1953 (1953-04-03) (USA)
Running time
88 minutes
Country Austria
Language English

Stolen Identity is a 1953 Austrian film directed by Gunther von Fritsch, starring Donald Buka, Joan Camden and Francis Lederer .[1]

The film is the English-language version of the film de (Abenteuer in Wien) (1952), directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert, starring Gustav Fröhlich and Cornell Borchers. Besides the two leading roles the cast of both films is essentially the same.

Plot

Vienna taxi driver Toni Sponer dreams of going to the US. One day, an American businessman is waiting for his cab, when jealous concert pianist Claude Manelli (Lederer) shoots him dead because he suspected him of having an affair with his American wife Karen (Camden). Toni grabs the dead man's papers and takes over his identity. Later he falls in love with Karen who initially thinks that Toni is the killer but he is able to convince her that he is innocent. Together they try to flee to America with Karen's husband in hot pursuit. Both men are finally captured by the police but Toni receives only a small sentence of a few months in prison. Karen decides to wait for him.

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