Operation Secret (1952)
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Loosely based on the true story of Lieutenant Colonel Peter Ortiz, this mystery centers on an American WW II veteran who heroically served as both an officer and a member of the French Foreign Legionnaire. During the war he had been instrumental in assisting in the French Resistance. With such a sterling war record--his exploits are revealed via flashback-- it is therefore a great shock when he is charged with the murder of a Resistance leader. It does not help that the accused lieutenant is thought dead following a key mission and is not around to clear his sullied name. During the trial, several dubious witnesses tell their version of the tale. A former communist spy presents the most conclusive "proof" that the lieutenant killed the Resistance leader. Fortunately, the lieutenant is not dead and bursts in at the crucial moment to clear his name and point out which of the witnesses is the real killer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Cornel Wilde - Peter Forrester
- Phyllis Thaxter - Maria
- Paul Picerni - Armand
- Dan O'Herlihy - Duncan
- Wilton Graff - French Official
- Harlan Warde - Maj. Dawson
- William Leicester - Capt. Hughes
- Wayne Taylor - Etienne
- Baynes Barron - Henri
- John Beattie - Radio Operator
- Don C. Harvey - Guard
- Frances Zucco - Elsa
- Bob Stevenson - Fireman
- John M. Pickard - Soldier
- George Magrill - Brakeman
- John Logan - Nazi Soldier
- Paula Sowl - Hostess
- Rudy Rama
- Robert Shaw - Jacques
- Roy Jenson - Michel
- Len Hendry - Gestapo Officer
- Elizabeth Flournoy - Woman Marine
- Eddie Foster - Claude
- Steve Cochran - Marcel Brevoort
- Karl Malden - Maj. Lautrec
- Lester Matthews - Robbins
- Jay Novello - Herr Bauer
- Dan Riss - Sergeant
- Kenneth Patterson - General
- Gayle Kellogg - Corporal
- Claude Dunkin - Rene
- Gregg Barton - Sentry
- George Dee
- Thomas Brown Henry - Monk
- Carlo Tricoli - Old Peasant
- Henry Rowland - German MP
- John Marshall - Driver
- Jack Lomas - Engineer
- John Nelson - Crewman
- Ted Lawrence - Didot
- Peter Michael - Legionnaire
- Montgomery Pittman
- Frank Jaquet - Bartender
- Anthony Eisley
- Charles Flynn - German Civil Officer
- Director(s):
- Lewis Seiler
- Writer(s):
- Alvin Josephy, Jr., Harold Medford, James R. Webb
- Producer(s):
- Henry Blanke
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