The story of twin brothers: one loyal to America and the other a Nazi spy.The story of twin brothers: one loyal to America and the other a Nazi spy.The story of twin brothers: one loyal to America and the other a Nazi spy.
Ivan F. Simpson
- Professor Sterling
- (as Ivan Simpson)
Ernie Alexander
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Rudolph Anders
- Cab Driver
- (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
- Landlady
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Spy
- (uncredited)
Polly Bailey
- Fat Woman
- (uncredited)
William Bailey
- Cigar Store Clerk
- (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
- Chief Petty Officer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe pinball machine seen in this film is a very rare "Salute" model made by the Baker Novelty and Manufacturing Co. in 1941. The company only made pinball machines from 1939 to 1941. Baker Novelty started in 1935 making trade stimulators. This pinball machine was a flipper-less electro-mechanical single-player game that gave five balls for five cents. In excellent playable condition it could be worth $1,500 or more at auction in 2017.
- GoofsWhen Arnold Milbar approaches Becker (posing as his twin brother Baron Von Detner); Milbar is holding a cigarette with his left hand. But on the next cut after introducing himself; Milbar is now holding the cigarette with his right hand.
- ConnectionsEdited into WW II Theater: Nazi Agent (2022)
- SoundtracksColumbia, Gem of the Ocean
(uncredited)
aka "The Red, White and Blue"
Played at the end
Featured review
... and director Jules Dassin has Otto Becker (Conrad Veidt) as a kindly, meek German-American immigrant who runs a small bookstore and who spends his free time growing his stamp collection. His mundane life is shattered when his twin brother Baron Hugo von Detner (also Veidt) pays him a surprise visit. Baron Detner has been assigned as a diplomatic envoy in the area, and he's also heading up a secret espionage cabal who are already responsible for the destruction of supply ships headed to the European theater of the war. The Baron wants to use his brother's bookstore as an operations front, but after a series of incidents, Otto finds himself masquerading as his brother and trying to thwart the spy ring from the inside.
This "B" effort is well put together and features one of Conrad Veidt's best English-language performances. Known primarily for playing slick and sophisticated villains, his turn as the stamp-collecting brother Otto is believable and affecting. The movie is short, and it's not trying to be anything but an entertaining flag-waver, but sometimes even movies with meager ambitions can be worthwhile viewing.
This "B" effort is well put together and features one of Conrad Veidt's best English-language performances. Known primarily for playing slick and sophisticated villains, his turn as the stamp-collecting brother Otto is believable and affecting. The movie is short, and it's not trying to be anything but an entertaining flag-waver, but sometimes even movies with meager ambitions can be worthwhile viewing.
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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