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13 Rue Madeleine

- The Most Sinister Address in History!

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.

Release Date : 1947-01-15

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

James Cagney

Character Name : Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey

Original Name : James Cagney

Gender : Male

Annabella

Character Name : Suzanne de Beaumont

Original Name : Annabella

Gender : Female

Richard Conte

Character Name : William H. 'Bill' O'Connell

Original Name : Richard Conte

Gender : Male

Frank Latimore

Character Name : Jeff Lassiter

Original Name : Frank Latimore

Gender : Male

Walter Abel

Character Name : Charles Gibson

Original Name : Walter Abel

Gender : Male

Melville Cooper

Character Name : Pappy Simpson

Original Name : Melville Cooper

Gender : Male

Sam Jaffe

Character Name : Mayor Galimard

Original Name : Sam Jaffe

Gender : Male

Karl Malden

Character Name : Jump Master (uncredited)

Original Name : Karl Malden

Gender : Male

Judith Lowry

Character Name : Peasant Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Judith Lowry

Gender : Female

Reed Hadley

Character Name : Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Reed Hadley

Gender : Male

Dick Wessel

Character Name : Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Wessel

Gender : Male

Dick Gordon

Character Name : Psychiatrist (scenes deleted)

Original Name : Dick Gordon

Gender : Male

Julius Cramer

Character Name : German Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Julius Cramer

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2022-07-07

James Cagney leads quite an efficient cast in this superior WWII espionage thriller. He heads a special outfit (077 not 007) charged with helping the resistance. The curious thing is that he, and the audience, know that he has a spy in the midst of his team - and we all now exactly whom that person is. What follows is a cleverly constructed cat and mouse game as they try to play him in order to find out how he communicates his treason and to whom. Cagney stands out, but Annabella ("Madame de Beaumont") and both Richard Conte ("O'Connell") and Frank Latimore ("Lassister") work well too, to keep the suspense running well for much of this 90 minute adventure. The story has plenty of action, only a modicum of romance to clutter up the drama and it delivers a strong sense of just how perilous the lives of these fighters, and their counter-espionage colleagues, actually was in the occupied territories. It does take a while to build up steam, and I could have been doing without the rather oppressively dramatic narrative from rent-a-voice Reed Hadley but this is certainly well worth a watch.