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13 Rue Madeleine (1947)

15/01/1947 (US)Thriller, War1h 35m
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The Most Sinister Address in History!

Overview

Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. James Cagney

      James Cagney

      Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey

    2. Annabella

      Annabella

      Suzanne de Beaumont

    3. Richard Conte

      Richard Conte

      William H. 'Bill' O'Connell

    4. Frank Latimore

      Frank Latimore

      Jeff Lassiter

    5. Walter Abel

      Walter Abel

      Charles Gibson

    6. Melville Cooper

      Melville Cooper

      Pappy Simpson

    7. Sam Jaffe

      Sam Jaffe

      Mayor Galimard

    8. Karl Malden

      Karl Malden

      Jump Master (uncredited)

    9. Judith Lowry

      Judith Lowry

      Peasant Woman (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jul 7, 2022

    James Cagney leads quite an efficient cast in this superior WWII espionage thriller. He heads a special outfit (077 not 007) charged with helping the resistance. The curious thing is that he, and the audience, know that he has a spy in the midst of his team - and we all now exactly whom that person is. What follows is a cleverly constructed cat and mouse game as they try to play him in order to find out how he communicates his treason and to whom. Cagney stands out, but Annabella ("Madame de Beaumont") and both Richard Conte ("O'Connell") and Frank Latimore ("Lassister") work well too, to keep...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • espionage
    • spy
    • world war ii
    • d-day