Under Secret Orders (1943)
The oft-filmed story of the WW I espionage agent known as "Fraulein Doktor" was given another go-round in the British Under Secret Orders. Dita Parlo plays Anne-Marie Lesser, a German secret agent who undermines the Allied cause at the expense of her own happiness. Top billing is bestowed upon Erich von Stroheim, as Anne-Marie's superior Colonel Mathiesus, a self-styled master of disguise (though his various makeups don't fool anyone in the audience). Released in the U.S. in 1943, Under Secret Orders was originally distributed in England in 1937 under the title Street of Shadows. A simultaneously-filmed French version, Mademoiselle Docteur, likewise starred Parlo and Von Stroheim. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- John Loder, Dita Parlo, (more)
- Director(s):
- Edmond T. Greville
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Synopsis of Under Secret Orders
The oft-filmed story of the WW I espionage agent known as "Fraulein Doktor" was given another go-round in the British Under Secret Orders. Dita Parlo plays Anne-Marie Lesser, a German secret agent who undermines the Allied cause at the expense of her own happiness. Top billing is bestowed upon Erich von Stroheim, as Anne-Marie's superior Colonel Mathiesus, a self-styled master of disguise (though his various makeups don't fool anyone in the audience). Released in the U.S. in 1943, Under Secret Orders was originally distributed in England in 1937 under the title Street of Shadows. A simultaneously-filmed French version, Mademoiselle Docteur, likewise starred Parlo and Von Stroheim. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Under Secret Orders
- John Loder - Lt. Peter Carr
- Claire Luce - Gaby
- Clifford Evans - Condoyan
- Anthony Holles - Mario
- Robert Nainby - French General
- Raymond Lovell - Col. von Steinberg
- Claude Horton - Capt. Fitzmaurice
- Erich Von Stroheim - Col. Mathesius/"Simonie"
- Dita Parlo - Dr. Anne-Marie Lesser
- Gyles Isham - Lt. Hans Hoffman
- John Abbott - Armand
- Edward Lexy - Carr's Orderly
- Bryan Powley - Col. Burgoyne
- Frederick Lloyd - Col. Marchand
- Stewart Granger
- Molly Hamley-Clifford - Proprietor of "The Blue Peacock"
- Director(s):
- Edmond T. Greville
- Writer(s):
- Marcel Achard, Jacques Natanson, Ernest Betts
- Producer(s):
- Max Schach
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