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State Secret
“ADVENTURE SWEEPING ACROSS A CONTINENT!”
6.9 / 10• 1950• 1h 44m•NR• English
ThrillerDramaRomanceMystery
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Dr. John Marlowe
Lead
Glynis Johns
Lisa Robinson
Jack Hawkins
Colonel Galcon
Herbert Lom
Karl Theodor
Walter Rilla
General Niva
Karl Stepanek
Dr. Revo
HO
Hans Olaf Moser
Sigrist
Guido Lorraine
Lieutenant Prachi
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sidney Gilliat's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. State Secret is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
