Underground Agent
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| Directed by | Michael Gordon |
| Written by | J. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater |
| Produced by | Sam White |
| Starring | Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson, Julian Rivero |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Edited by | Arthur Seid |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Underground Agent is a 1942 American drama film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson, and Julian Rivero.[1][2] The film was released by Columbia Pictures.[3][4][5]
Plot
[edit]Two U.S. government agents (Bruce Bennett and Frank Albertson) are assigned to prevent Nazi spies involved in a eavesdropping scheme from infiltrating into a Southern California war-defense plant. To help them in their venture, one of the agents invents an ingenious word-scrambler that eventually leads them to the German spies.
Cast
[edit]- Bruce Bennett as Lee Graham
- Leslie Brooks as Ann Carter
- Frank Albertson as Johnny Davis
- Julian Rivero as Miguel Gonzales
- George McKay as Pete Dugan
- Rhys Williams as Henry Miller
- Henry Victor as Johann Schrode
- Addison Richards as George Martin
- Rosina Galli as Maria Gonzales
- Leonard Strong as Count Akiri
- Hans Conried as Hugo
References
[edit]- ^ "Underground Agent (1942)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Underground Agent (1942)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Cripps, Thomas (1993). Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era. Oxford University Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780195076691. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Underground Agent (1942 film).
- ^ Rollins, Peter C. (2004). The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past. Columbia University Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780231508391. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ III, Harris M. Lentz (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 29. ISBN 9780786434817. Retrieved 16 November 2019.