Secret Command
Secret Command is a 1944 American drama war film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Pat O'Brien and Carole Landis.[2] It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Effects (David Allen, Ray Cory, Robert Wright, Russell Malmgren, Harry Kusnick) in 1945.[3]
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Directed by | A. Edward Sutherland |
Produced by | Phil L. Ryan |
Screenplay by | Roy Chanslor |
Story by | John Hawkins Ward Hawkins[1] |
Starring | Pat O'Brien Carole Landis |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Cinematography | Franz Planer |
Edited by | Viola Lawrence |
Production company | Torneen Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
The plot involves a U.S. effort to root out Nazi saboteurs at a shipyard during World War II. Pat O'Brien plays an American intelligence officer who goes undercover at the yard, working at a construction job and looking for possible spies among the managers and employees.
Cast
- Pat O'Brien as Sam Gallagher
- Carole Landis as Jill McGann
- Chester Morris as Jeff Gallagher
- Ruth Warrick as Lea Damaron
- Barton MacLane as Red Kelly
- Tom Tully as Colonel Hugo Von Braun aka 'Brownie' Brownell
- Wallace Ford as Miller
- Howard Freeman as Max Lessing
- Erik Rolf as Ben Royall
- Matt McHugh as Curly
- Frank Sully as Shawn
- Frank Fenton as Simms
- Charles D. Brown as James Thane
- Carol Nugent as Joan
- Richard Lyon as Paul
References
- "Secret Command". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2011-06-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-23.
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