O.S.S. (1946)
Based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII, the Office of Strategic Services sends teams of spies and saboteurs in Nazi-occupied France and Nazi Germany..
The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.
- Date of release
- 1946-05-26
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- War, Thriller, Action, Drama
- Director
- Irving Pichel
Casting
- Alan Ladd — John Martin / Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. / Philippe Martine
- Geraldine Fitzgerald — Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez
- Patric Knowles — Cmdr. Brady
- John Hoyt — Col. Paul Meister
- Gloria Saunders — (W)omen's (A)rmy (C)orps Radio Operator Mary
- Richard Webb — Frank Schmidt (O)perational (S)upport (P)ackages, (M)aterial, Maintenance, Management, U.S.N.R. / Parker
- Richard Benedict — Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
- Harold Vermilyea — Amadeus Brink
- Don Beddoe — Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
- Onslow Stevens — Field
- Gavin Muir — Col. Crawson
- Egon Brecher — Marcel Aubert
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