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Jerry Cotton is the title character of a series of pulp magazine-type . The novels have been written by many different writers in German language countries and in Finland over the course of several decades.
In Finnish versions of Jerry Cotton, he is said to have been born and raised on a farm in Harpersville, Connecticut. There is also some reference to his father having been a blacksmith or Jerry himself having been a blacksmith's apprentice before joining the police academy.
A group of over 100 authors write for the series, sold in many kiosks and over newsagents. Rolf Kalmuczak, who is the major author behind the series, made the wrote for it as "Stefan Wolf".
In addition to Cotton, major figures in the series include his partner Phil Decker, FBI-chief John D. High, veteran agent Neville, Annie Geraldo, Zeerookah, June Clark, Roby O'Hara, Myrna, Windermeere and his Smith & Wesson, a 38 Caliber Smith & Wesson Special. Jerry Cotton drives a red Jaguar E-type, built in 1966.
Several Jerry Cotton novels were adapted as .
One of the few official FBI pages in German states that Jerry Cotton indeed is a fictional agent and therefore it does not make sense to write fan letters to him.
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 general expectations by gaining a lot of new attention for Jerry Cotton and the classic series of novels.
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