The Fugitive from Chicago
1934 · 108 min · Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
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
- Released
- January 2, 1934
- Language
- German
Cast
Gustav Fröhlich
Michael Nissen
Hubert von Meyerinck
Werner Dux
Luise Ullrich
Steffie Dux
Adele Sandrock
Fräulein von Zackenthin
Paul Kemp
August P. Lemke, Buchhalter
Lil Dagover
Eveline
Will Dohm
Billy
Otto Wernicke
Wolke, Werkmeister
Ernst Dumcke
Generaldirektor v. Oetten
Lilo Müller
Ruth Müller
Armand Zäpfel
Smith, Polizeikommissar
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