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"The Most Sinister Address in History!"

Mar 3 1947 Approved 1h 35m
Action, Adventure, Drama

Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.

Plot

Documentary-style prologue follows training of O.S.S. agents for WWII work behind enemy lines. One of the group is a German "mole;" leaders Gibson and Sharkey are aware of this and scheme to feed him false info about the invasion of Europe, while the real agents go to France to find a secret V-2 rocket depot. But the German spy outsmarts them and rejoins his people knowing too much; Bob Sharkey takes the risk of going in after him.

Written by

John Monks Jr., Sy Bartlett

Directed by

Henry Hathaway

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

Français, English, Español

Awards

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