State Secret

Watch: State Secret

10/4/19501h 44m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ ADVENTURE SWEEPING ACROSS A CONTINENT! ~

Overview:

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.

Director:

Sidney Gilliat

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

operation
assassination
based on novel or book
dictator
blackmail
letter
murder
conspiracy
british noir
state police
manhunt

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

~ as ~

Dr. John Marlowe

Glynis Johns

~ as ~

Lisa Robinson

Jack Hawkins

~ as ~

Colonel Galcon

Herbert Lom

~ as ~

Karl Theodor

Walter Rilla

~ as ~

General Niva

Karl Stepanek

~ as ~

Dr. Revo

Hans Olaf Moser

~ as ~

Sigrist

Guido Lorraine

~ as ~

Lieutenant Prachi

Robert Ayres

~ as ~

Arthur J. Buckman

Howard Douglas

~ as ~

Clubman

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is "Dr. John Marlowe", lauded by the largely unknown state of Vosnia after he develops an unique form of medical procedure. When he travels there to collect his gong, he finds himself amidst a plot in this totalitarian state to prolong the life of their leader "General Niva". Regardless of what happens, he cannot be left alive to tell a tale, and when this dawns on him, he must escape. Fortunately, he alights of Glynis Johns - an English speaking cabaret dancer and with the help of the suitably sleazy Herbert Lom, they make for the border with Jack Hawkins and his soldiers hot on their heals. I enjoyed this, at times it is a suspenseful drama with enough intrigue to sustain it as they face a few perils on their escapade to safety. There's a fun chemistry between the two stars and it builds nicely to an ending with a teeny, weeny twist. Well worth a watch.