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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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- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 914298
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- publication date
- 1950-01-01
- title
- State Secret
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1950 British films1950 English-language films1950 films1950 thriller filmsBritish black-and-white filmsBritish thriller filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms directed by Sidney GilliatFilms scored by William AlwynFilms set in 1950Films set in EuropeFilms set in fictional countriesFilms set in LondonFilms shot at Isleworth StudiosFilms shot in ItalyLondon Films filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date