- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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4 out of 5
Produced by Louis de Rochemont - co-founder/producer of the influential American newsreel The March of Time - this semi-documentary espionage thriller started a trend in postwar Hollywood for true-life crime dramas notable for their realism, "voice of doom" narration and understated use of authentic locations. Readily taking to the documentary style, director Henry Hathaway sets a cracking pace, as double agent William Eythe keeps federal agent Lloyd Nolan informed about the activities of a Nazi spy ring operated from New York by icy blonde Signe Hasso and the mysterious Mr Christopher. The self-congratulatory tone aside, it's enthralling stuff.
Plot Summary
Spy drama set in New York during the Second World War: German-American student Bill Dietrich is persuaded to become a double agent by the FBI and learns that Nazi spies are obtaining secret information about an atomic bomb project.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Bill Dietrich
- William Eythe
- Inspector George A Briggs
- Lloyd Nolan
- Elsa Gebhardt
- Signe Hasso
- Charles Ogden Roper
- Gene Lockhart
- Colonel Hammersohn
- Leo G Carroll
- Johanna Schmidt
- Lydia St Clair
- Walker
- William Post Jr
- Max Coburg
- Harry Bellaver
- Adolphe Lange
- Bruno Wick
- Conrad Arnulf
- Harro Meller
- Gus Huzmann
- Charles Wagenheim
- Adolph Klaen
- Alfred Linder
- Narrator
- John Stuart Martin
Crew
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
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