Secret Command (1944)

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Country: USA
Genres: Action, Drama, War
Release: 1944-07-30
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Writers: Roy Chanslor , John Hawkins , Ward Hawkins
Language: English | Mandarin
Stars: Pat O’Brien , Carole Landis (1919–1948) , Chester Morris , Ruth Warrick , Barton MacLane , Tom Tully , Wallace Ford , Howard Freeman , Erik Rolf , Matt McHugh
Runtime: 82 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
AKA: Les saboteurs (France, French Republic) , Comando secreto (Argentina) , Salainen määräys (Finland) , Comando segreto (Italy) , Secret Command , Comando Secreto (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , By Secret Command (United States of America) , Secret Command (United States of America) , Obra destructora (Mexico) , Secret Command (United Kingdom) , Pilebuck (United States of America) , La obra destructora (Argentina) , Aporritos diatagi (Greece) , A Obra Destruidora (Brazil) , Comando secreto (Venezuela)
Plot: Sam Gallagher (Pat O'Brien), a former foreign correspondent and now a United States Government agent, gets a job through his brother Jeff (Chester Morris), whom he has not seen in seven years, in the Seaboard Shipyards as a "pileback" in order to track down a gang of Nazi spies who are plotting to sabotage the shipyards. Jill McCann (Carole Landis),an FBI agent, poses as Sam's wife, and two children, 6-year-old Paul (Richard Lyon), and 4-year-old-Joan (Carol Nugent),complete his "cover family." THe set-up looks fishy to Jeff, and he imparts his suspicions to Lea Damoran (Ruth Warrick, the girl both brothers had courted in the old days. Meanwhile, Sam works hard and makes friends with most of the men in his crew. He gets a line on the saboteurs and one by one, their identities are revealed to him. The Nazis, led by Brownell (Tom Tully)who, in reality, is Colonel Von Braun of the German Gestapo, plan to blow up the yard while an aircraft carrier is docked there. Jeff's noisy investigations bid to intentionally hamper Sam's plans to abort the Nazi plan.
IMDB:tt0037253