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State Secret
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6.9While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.
Released: 1950-09-11104 minDir: Sidney GilliatThriller, Drama, Romance, Mystery
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Dr. John Marlowe
- Glynis Johns as Lisa Robinson
- Jack Hawkins as Colonel Galcon
- Herbert Lom as Karl Theodor
- Walter Rilla as General Niva
- Karl Stepanek as Dr. Revo
Themes
- operation
- assassination
- based on novel or book
- dictator
- blackmail
- letter
- murder
- conspiracy
- british noir
- state police
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Sidney Gilliat
- Screenwriter
- Sidney Gilliat
- Cast member
- Herbert Lom
- Composer
- William Alwyn
- Production company
- London Films
- Cinematographer
- Robert Krasker
- Narrative location
- Europe
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 914298
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- publication date
- 1950-01-01
- title
- State Secret
- color
- black-and-white
- set in environment
- fictional country
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