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Counterblast
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Counterblast (also known as '''''Devil's Plot''''') is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam. It was written by Guy Morgan and Jack Whittingham, and made by British National Films at Elstree Studios.
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6.3An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned germ warfare.
Cast
- Robert Beatty as Dr. Paul Rankin
- Mervyn Johns as Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck
- Margaretta Scott as Sister 'Johnnie' Johnson
- Nova Pilbeam as Tracy Heart
- Sybilla Binder as Martha Lert
- Marie Lohr as Mrs. Cole
Themes
- nazi
- scientist
- post world war ii
- impersonation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- mad scientist
- Director
- Paul L. Stein
- Screenwriter
- Jack Whittingham
- Cast member
- Ronald Adam
- Composer
- Hans May
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 587483
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1948-01-01
- distributed by
- Netflix
- title
- Counterblast
- color
- black-and-white
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Plot
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- Production
- Reception
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Counterblast (also known as '''''Devil's Plot''''') is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam. It was written by Guy Morgan and Jack Whittingham, and made by British National Films at Elstree Studios.
==Plot== A Nazi scientist escapes from prison, murders a leading professor and takes his place at a research laboratory, where he experiments with biological warfare with which he intends to wage the next war against Britain.
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