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State Secret (1950)

State Secret (1950)

Drama Romance Thriller Mystery

ADVENTURE SWEEPING ACROSS A CONTINENT!

Release Date: 1950, September 11
Directors: Sidney Gilliat
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: London Films Productions, British Lion Films
Cast: Robert Ayres, Jack Hawkins, Leonard Sachs, Eric Pohlmann, Herbert Lom, Arthur Howard, Glynis Johns, Gordon Tanner, Anton Diffring, Olga Lowe, Richard Marner, Gerard Heinz

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.

Keywords:

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