13 Rue Madeleine

13 Rue Madeleine

1947 · 95 min · EN · NR · 5.9 (32 votes)
Dir. Henry Hathaway · Starring James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte, Frank Latimore, Walter Abel, Melville Cooper · Music David Buttolph

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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.

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A tense, wartime espionage thriller that keeps you guessing. The atmosphere is thick with suspicion and the stakes feel incredibly high as deception plays out on the eve of D-Day.

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