Jerry Cotton Movies
Starting in the 1960s, a series of eight films based on the Cotton novels were made, the first four in black-and-white, the last four in color. The character of Jerry Cotton was played by American actor George Nader, and his companion Phil Decker was played by the German actor Heinz Weiß. The director of the films was Harald Reinl. The film's music was composed by Peter Thomas including the "Jerry Cotton March", that also was released on a soundtrack-single. In the 1990s the soundtracks of the movies were re-released on CDs.
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- Mordnacht in Manhattan / Manhattan Night of Murder (1965) (b/w)
- Schüsse aus dem Geigengasten (1965) (b/w)
- Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert (1966) (b/w)
- Um Null Uhr schnappt die Falle zu (1966) (b/w)
- Der Mörderclub von Brooklyn (1967)
- Tod im Roten Jaguar (1968)
- Dynamit in grüner Seide (1968)
- Todesschüsse am Broadway (1969)
In 2007 Constantin Film AG and Rat Pack Filmproduktion released a new German feature film titled Jerry Cotton, directed by Cyrill Boss and Philipp Stennert, starring Christian Tramitz as the protagonist, Christian Ulmen (as Phil Decker), Mónica Cruz as the leading lady and Christiane Paul, Heino Ferch and Moritz Bleibtreu as their counterparts. The film met the general expectations by gaining a lot of new attention for Jerry Cotton and the classic series of novels of the same name.
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