IMDb RATING
6.6/10
3K
YOUR RATING
Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a Nazi spy ring.Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a Nazi spy ring.Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a Nazi spy ring.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
3K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Barré Lyndon(screenplay)
- Charles G. Booth(screenplay)
- John Monks Jr.(screenplay)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Barré Lyndon(screenplay)
- Charles G. Booth(screenplay)
- John Monks Jr.(screenplay)
- Stars
- Won 1 Oscar
- 2 wins total
William Post Jr.
- Walker
- (as William Post)
William Adams
- Customs Officer
- (uncredited)
Frieda Altman
- Saboteur
- (uncredited)
William Beach
- Saboteur
- (uncredited)
Carl Benson
- German Spy Trainee
- (uncredited)
Hamilton Benz
- Saboteur
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Barré Lyndon(screenplay)
- Charles G. Booth(screenplay) (story)
- John Monks Jr.(screenplay)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe movie deals with the theft by German spies of the fictional "Process 97", a secret formula which, the narrator tells us, "was crucial to the development of the atomic bomb." The movie was released on September 10, 1945, only a month after the atomic bombs had been dropped on Japan, and barely a week after Japan's formal surrender. While making the film, the actors and Director Henry Hathaway did not know that the atomic bomb existed, nor that it would be incorporated as a story element in the movie. (None of the actors in the film mentioned the atomic bomb.) However, co-Director and Producer Louis De Rochemont (who produced the "March of Time" newsreel films) and Narrator Reed Hadley were involved in producing government films on the development of the atomic bomb. (Hadley was present at the final test of the bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in July, 1945.) After the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Hadley and Screenwriter John Monks, Jr. hastily wrote some additional voice-over narration linking "Process 97" to the atomic bomb, and Rochemont inserted it into the picture in time for the film's quick release.
- GoofsWhen the agents are preparing to do the first survey of the house they are wearing CD (Civil Defense) arm bands on their right arms. The next scene shows them approaching the house and the arm bands are now on their left arms.
- Quotes
Agent George A. Briggs: We know all about you, Roper. We've traced you to the day you were born. We even know the approximate day you will die.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are shown as someone flipping through the pages of a file.
- ConnectionsReferenced in 23 askelta kuolemaan (1956)
- SoundtracksTra-La-La-La
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played as background music at the talent agent's office
Review
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Spy Address.
Henry Hathaway directed this spy film presented in semi-documentary fashion starring Lloyd Nolan as FBI Inspector George Briggs, who is in charge of the counter-terrorist division that recruits German-speaking William Dietrich(played by William Eythe) to infiltrate a cell of German spies sent to America to gather information on the construction of the atomic bomb. The FBI allows its 92nd. street headquarters to remain open in order to identify its highest-level operatives, which involve a Mr. Christopher, though Dietrich's main contact is a woman(played by Signe Hasso) How long before he can identify his targets, or end up identified himself? Fine film effectively uses the semi-documentary approach, with Lloyd Nolan the standout, and would reprise the role in semi-sequel "The Street With No Name".
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- Nov 15, 2013
Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,500,000
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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