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When spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy.When spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy.When spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy.
Dick Gordon
- Psychiatrist
- (scenes deleted)
Horace McMahon
- Burglary Instructor
- (scenes deleted)
Trevor Bardette
- Resistance Fighter
- (uncredited)
Leslie Barrie
- Instructor
- (uncredited)
Roland Belanger
- Joseph
- (uncredited)
Martin Brandt
- German Officer
- (uncredited)
Frederic Brunn
- German Officer
- (uncredited)
Red Buttons
- Second Jump Master
- (uncredited)
Charles Campbell
- Instructor
- (uncredited)
Edward Cooper
- RAF Officer
- (uncredited)
Julius Cramer
- German Officer
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJames Cagney at one time was the highest ranking Caucasian black belt in judo, and displayed a little of his expertise in the early part of this movie. He demonstrated to the agents-in-training how to properly roll heels over head on a mat. He said to slap the ground to lessen the impact. This is probably the first lesson learned in judo training. Cagney had already shown his skill in another movie, "Blood on the Sun" (1945), in which he battled the villain in hand-to-hand combat in a wharf side warehouse. In the scene he does not use a stunt double.
- GoofsIn this film, a French engineer called Duclois is a Nazi collaborator on the V2 rocket programme, and is described as being responsible for the design and construction of the 'main assembly and supply depot' in northern France, whom '077' Agent Sharkey must kidnap for urgent interrogation, so that intelligence concerning this dangerous long-range super-weapon can save the imminent Allied invasion of Europe. There were indeed major V2 launch bunkers in the 'Pas de Calais' and elsewhere in northern France, and they were certainly rendered inoperable by Allied military actions which were based upon good intelligence (hence the Germans' development thereafter of highly manoeuvrable truck-mounted launchers). Nevertheless, most of the film's military scenario for the V2 programme is really no more than a convenient dramatic fiction: There was actually no such person as the character 'Duclois.' It was Albert Speer, architect, and at this period also Hitler's Minister for Armaments and War Production, who took up a Colonel Dornberger's ideas for a massive hardened 'Blockhaus' launch site; also, a certain Gerhard Degenkolb was brought in later to help in organizing the mass-production of the rockets (Degenkolb was the former director of the 'Demag Engineering Works' and the man responsible for streamlining production in Germany's locomotive industry). The V2 rocket itself was of course actually developed by Wernher Von Braun and his own team. However, at the time of the film's production Von Braun had begun working for the US military, along with many other Nazi scientists - all having been spirited back to the United States, from under the noses of the Soviets, by the top-secret 'Operation Paperclip' - in order to develop ICBMs for the US, and it would have been political dynamite to have acknowledged this publicly at a time when incipient Cold War tensions were already being felt.
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Mayor Galimard: There will be reprisals!
- Crazy creditsPrologue, shown printed in a book: No single story could ever pay full tribute to the accomplishments of the U.S. Army Intelligence in World War II. Working secretly behind enemy lines, in close cooperation with our Allies, its brilliant work was an acknowledged factor in the final victory. The page turns to reveal: In order to obtain the maximum of realism and authenticity, all the exterior and interior settings in this Motion Picture were photographed in the field - - and, whenever possible, at the actual locations.
- ConnectionsEdited into All This and World War II (1976)
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Decent and thrilling WWII espionage film with the great James Cagney excellently accompanied by a known support cast
This espionage-Flic based on fact concerns a Government officer and a double-agent who encounters himself working for both contenders in the 40s , as the German secret service and Allied Secret service .One of the group is a German "mole;" leaders Bob Sharkey(James Cagney) and Gibson (Walter Abel) are aware of this and scheme to feed him false info about the invasion of Europe, while the real agents (Annabella , Frank Latimore) go to France to find a secret V-2 rocket depot . Then the agent protagonist to be aware the traitor , as the German spy outsmarts them and unites his people knowing too much ; however, the strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy. The opening prologue states: ¨What is past is prologue¨. "No single story could ever pay full tribute to the accomplishments of the U.S. Army Intelligence in World War II. Working secretly behind enemy lines, in close cooperation with our Allies, its brilliant work was an acknowledged factor in the final victory. In order to obtain the maximum of realism and authenticity, all the exterior and interior settings in this Motion Picture were photographed in the field, and, whenever possible, at the actual locations¨.The Most Sinister Address in History!
This film packs intrigue , noisy action , suspense , warlike feats and being quite entertaining, including a first-rate main and support cast . It starts with a documentary-style prologue follows training of O.S.S. agents captained by Robert Emmett "Bob" Sharkey for WWII work behind enemy lines. The story was based on Peter Ortiz who was an OSS agent in World War II in France and was also originally based on the World War II director of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Bill Donovan (Maj. Gen. William Joseph Donovan, USA, GCSS, KBE). Donovan objected to this, particularly the story element that had the OSS being been infiltrated by a Nazi spy. James Cagney gives a very good acting as spy chief Bob Sharkey who finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent and takes the risk of going in after him. Ample and stunning supporting cast with a magnificent Richard Conte , Frank Latimore , Walter Abel , the beautiful Annabella as Suzanne , among others . Here appears uncredited prestigious secondaries Melville Cooper , Sam Jaffe ,Horace McMahon Dick Gordon as Psychiatrist , Trevor Bardette and the assistant in the airplane is Karl Malden.
This well-paced in cracking style flick was stunningly directed by Henry Hathaway and usually works very well , being capable handled in spectacular photography , adding enjoyable scenarios . Henry Hathaway does the human touch and full of insight that accompanied him during most of his films and the story develops pleasantly in large frames with an interesting plot and fully adjusted to the requirements of the action . His fetish actor was John Wayne , both of whom collaborated in various sincere Westerns , they included ¨North to Alaska¨ , ¨The sons of Katie Elder¨ and Wayne's Academy Award-winning ¨True grit¨, among others . Hathaway himself was only even nominated for an Oscar , but his movies themselves are testimony to his skills to heighten narrative tension and shoot action so exhilarating it made adrenalin run . Henry was a craftsman who had a long career from the 30s with successful films , and especially Westerns , as ¨Brigham Young¨ and ¨Raw Hide¨ . In his 60s Hathaway still got the vigour to make some fiery movies as ¨How the West was won¨, ¨Nevada Smith¨, and ¨Shoot out¨ . He was an expert on Western genre as he proved in ¨True grit¨ , ¨Five card stud¨ , ¨Nevada Smith¨ , ¨How the West was won¨ , ¨Rawhide¨ , ¨Brigham Young¨ , ¨Buffalo Stampede¨, ¨Garden of evil¨ , ¨The sons of Katie Elder¨ and, ¨From Hell to Texas¨. Henry directed the classic 20th Century-Fox movie about Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and also set in World War II North Africa, ¨Rommel¨, (1951). Hathaway's other movies about the Second World War were all for studio Twentieth Century-Fox and included ¨The House on 92nd Street¨ (1945); ¨Wing and a Prayer¨ (1944); ¨You're in the Navy Now¨ (1951) and ¨13 Rue Madeleine¨ (1947) and his last film : Raid on Rommel that was a massive flop and was quickly withdrawn from theaters . .Although Hathaway was a highly successful and reliable director film-making within the Hollywood studio system , his work has received little consideration from reviewers .
This film packs intrigue , noisy action , suspense , warlike feats and being quite entertaining, including a first-rate main and support cast . It starts with a documentary-style prologue follows training of O.S.S. agents captained by Robert Emmett "Bob" Sharkey for WWII work behind enemy lines. The story was based on Peter Ortiz who was an OSS agent in World War II in France and was also originally based on the World War II director of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Bill Donovan (Maj. Gen. William Joseph Donovan, USA, GCSS, KBE). Donovan objected to this, particularly the story element that had the OSS being been infiltrated by a Nazi spy. James Cagney gives a very good acting as spy chief Bob Sharkey who finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent and takes the risk of going in after him. Ample and stunning supporting cast with a magnificent Richard Conte , Frank Latimore , Walter Abel , the beautiful Annabella as Suzanne , among others . Here appears uncredited prestigious secondaries Melville Cooper , Sam Jaffe ,Horace McMahon Dick Gordon as Psychiatrist , Trevor Bardette and the assistant in the airplane is Karl Malden.
This well-paced in cracking style flick was stunningly directed by Henry Hathaway and usually works very well , being capable handled in spectacular photography , adding enjoyable scenarios . Henry Hathaway does the human touch and full of insight that accompanied him during most of his films and the story develops pleasantly in large frames with an interesting plot and fully adjusted to the requirements of the action . His fetish actor was John Wayne , both of whom collaborated in various sincere Westerns , they included ¨North to Alaska¨ , ¨The sons of Katie Elder¨ and Wayne's Academy Award-winning ¨True grit¨, among others . Hathaway himself was only even nominated for an Oscar , but his movies themselves are testimony to his skills to heighten narrative tension and shoot action so exhilarating it made adrenalin run . Henry was a craftsman who had a long career from the 30s with successful films , and especially Westerns , as ¨Brigham Young¨ and ¨Raw Hide¨ . In his 60s Hathaway still got the vigour to make some fiery movies as ¨How the West was won¨, ¨Nevada Smith¨, and ¨Shoot out¨ . He was an expert on Western genre as he proved in ¨True grit¨ , ¨Five card stud¨ , ¨Nevada Smith¨ , ¨How the West was won¨ , ¨Rawhide¨ , ¨Brigham Young¨ , ¨Buffalo Stampede¨, ¨Garden of evil¨ , ¨The sons of Katie Elder¨ and, ¨From Hell to Texas¨. Henry directed the classic 20th Century-Fox movie about Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and also set in World War II North Africa, ¨Rommel¨, (1951). Hathaway's other movies about the Second World War were all for studio Twentieth Century-Fox and included ¨The House on 92nd Street¨ (1945); ¨Wing and a Prayer¨ (1944); ¨You're in the Navy Now¨ (1951) and ¨13 Rue Madeleine¨ (1947) and his last film : Raid on Rommel that was a massive flop and was quickly withdrawn from theaters . .Although Hathaway was a highly successful and reliable director film-making within the Hollywood studio system , his work has received little consideration from reviewers .
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