"Cloak and Dagger" ( born Cloak and Dagger ) - a film directed by Fritz Lang with the participation of Gary Cooper . Like the film " Street Madeleine, 13 " ( Fr. 13 Rue Madeleine ), he pays tribute to the operations of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), conducted during the Second World War in occupied Europe . The title is based on the title of the 1946 book Cloak and Dagger: The Secret History of OSS ( Eng. Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Story of OSS ), written by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain . Former OSS agent E. Michael Burke was a technical consultant.
| Cloak and Dagger | |
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| English Cloak and Dagger | |
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| Genre | spy thriller |
| Producer | Fritz lang |
| Producer | Milton Sperling |
| Author script | Corey Ford and Alistair McBain (book), Boris Ingster , John Larkin (history), Ringgold W. Lardner , Albert Maltz |
| In the main cast | Gary Cooper , Lilly Palmer |
| Operator | Sol Lito |
| Composer | Max Steiner |
| Film company | Warner Bros. , United States Pictures |
| Duration | 106 min. |
| A country |  USA |
| Tongue | English |
| Year | 1946 |
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Content
Cast
- Gary Cooper - Prof. Alva Jesper
- Robert Alda - Pinky
- Lilly Palmer - Gina
- Vladimir Sokolov - Polda
- J. Edward Bromberg - Trenc
- Marjorie Hoschell - Ann Dawson
- Ludwig Stossel - German
- Helen Timich - Catherine Lodor
- Dan Seymour - Marsoli
- Mark Lawrence - Luigi
- James Flavin - Colonel Walsh
- Patrick O'Mour - Englishman
- Charles Marsh - Eric
- Robert Kut - Cronin (not listed in the credits)
Lack of finals
As Lang planned, the film had a varied ending. Cooper led a group of American paratroopers to South Germany in order to find what was left of the underground factory, the bodies of the dead workers of the concentration camp and evidence that the factory was producing nuclear weapons . Cooper notes that the factory could be moved to Spain or Argentina and delivered a diatribe: “This is the first year of the atomic age, and may the Lord help us if we think we can keep it a secret from the world!” [1] Producer Milton Sperling who often quarreled with Lang during filming, considered this scene absurd, since the Germans did not have nuclear weapons [2] .
Radio Show
In 1950, NBC released a show of the same name, based on the book by Ford and McBain, which included 26 episodes. It began with a question asked by actor Raymond Edward Johnson: “Are you ready to undertake a dangerous mission for the United States, knowing in advance that you will not return from it alive?” [3] .
A few words about Lardner
One of the writers, the writer Ringgold Wilmer Lardner , of the so-called “Hollywood Dozens”, was embroiled in a power struggle between John Edgar Hoover and the CIA . He was arrested and blacklisted during the Red Threat [4] .
Notes
- ↑ p. 197 Frayling, Christopher Mad, Bad and Dangerous ?: The Scientist and the Cinema 2005 Reaktion Books
- ↑ p.101 Kalat, David the Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse 2005 McFarland
- ↑ Britton, Wesley Beyond Bond: Spies in Fiction and Film - Greenwood Publishing. - p. 66-67
- ↑ Mocking Bird Archived June 19, 2006. , John Simkin, Spartacus Schoolnet
Links
- Cloak and Dagger (1946) on the Internet Movie Database
- DVD Savant Notes on Lost Scenes
- Cloak and Dagger - Lux Radio Theater : May 3, 1948