Summary
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet is an American film first released in 1940,
directed by William Dieterle.
The film stars Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, Donald Crisp and Maria Ouspenskaya.
It has also been released under the title: The Story of Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet.
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Credits
- Director: William Dieterle
- Script: Norman Burnstine, Heinz Herald, John Huston
- Photo: James Wong Howe
- Music: Max Steiner, Hugo Friedhofer
- Cast: Edward G. Robinson (Dr. Paul Ehrlich), Ruth Gordon (Hedwig Ehrlich), Otto Kruger (Dr. Emil Von Behring), Donald Crisp (Minister Althoff), Maria Ouspenskaya (Franziska Speyer), Montagu Love (Professor Hartman), Sig Ruman (Dr. Hans Wolfert), Donald Meek (Mittelmeyer), Henry O’Neill (Dr. Lentz), Albert Bassermann (Dr. Robert Koch), Edward Norris (Dr. Morgenroth), Harry Davenport (Judge), Louis Calhern (Dr. Brockdorf), Louis Jean Heydt (Dr. Kunze), Charles Halton (Sensenbrenner), Irving Bacon (Becker), Douglas Wood (Speidler), Theodore von Eltz (Dr. Kraus), Hermine Sterler (Miss Marquardt), Louis Adlon (Hospital Attendant), Herbert Anderson (Medical Assistant), Louis V. Arco (Dr. Bertheim), Egon Brecher (Martl), Cliff Clark (Haupt), Gretl Dupont (Mother), Lisa Golm, John Hamilton (Hirsch), Ludwig Hardt (Court Clerk), Wilfred Hari (Dr. Hata), Paul Harvey (Defense Attorney), Ernst Hausman (Hans Weisgart), John Henrick (Dr. Bucher), Stuart Holmes (Male Nurse), Frank Jaquet (Banker), Frank Lackteen (Arab Man), Rolf Lindau (Patient), Frank Mayo (Assistant), Frederic Mellinger (Court Stenographer), Greta Meyer (Female Nurse), Torben Meyer (Kadereit), Howard M. Mitchell (Dr. Virchow), Norman Phillips Jr. (Stable Boy), Paul Phillips (Patient), Frank Reicher, Hedwiga Reicher (Nurse), Elaine Renshaw (Arab Woman), Walter O. Stahl (Doctor), Robert R. Stephenson (Merk, Patient), Polly Stewart (Steffi), Rolla Stewart (Steffi), Robert Strange (Koerner), Ann E. Todd (Marianne), Brandon Tynan (Doctor), Wilhelm von Brincken (Officer), Gisela Werbisek (Mother), Wolfgang Zilzer (Kellner)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 103 min; B&W
- Aka: The Story of Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet
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