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State Secret (1950)

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.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Dr. John Marlowe
  • Photo of Glynis JohnsGlynis JohnsLisa Robinson
  • Photo of Jack HawkinsJack HawkinsColonel Galcon
  • Photo of Herbert LomHerbert LomKarl Theodor
  • Photo of Walter RillaWalter RillaGeneral Niva
  • Photo of Karl StepanekKarl StepanekDr. Revo
  • Photo of Hans Olaf MoserHans Olaf MoserSigrist
  • Photo of Guido LorraineGuido LorraineLieutenant Prachi
  • Photo of Robert AyresRobert AyresArthur J. Buckman
  • Photo of Howard DouglasHoward DouglasClubman

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