6.9
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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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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Dr. John Marlowe
Glynis Johns
Lisa Robinson
Jack Hawkins
Colonel Galcon
Herbert Lom
Karl Theodor
Walter Rilla
General Niva
Karl Stepanek
Dr. Revo
Hans Olaf Moser
Sigrist
Guido Lorraine
Lieutenant Prachi
Robert Ayres
Arthur J. Buckman
Howard Douglas
Clubman
Martin Boddey
Clubman
Russell Waters
Clubman
3 reviews · 1 critic · 1 fan
2 fresh · 0 rotten
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is "Dr. John Marlowe", lauded by the largely unknown state of Vosnia after he develops an unique form of medical procedure. When he travels there to collect his gong, he finds himself amidst a plot in this totalitarian state to prolong the life of their leader "General Niva". Regardless of what happens, he cannot be left alive to tell a tale, and when this dawns on him, he must escape. Fortunately, he alights of Glynis Johns - an English speaking cabaret dancer and with the help of the suitably sleazy Herbert Lom, they make for the border with Jack Hawkins and his soldiers hot on their heals. I enjoyed this, at times it is a suspenseful drama with enough intrigue to sustain it as they face a few perils on their escapade to safety. There's a fun chemistry between the two stars and it builds nicely to an ending with a teeny, weeny twist. Well worth a watch.
Title
State Secret
Released
Sep 11, 1950
Rated
NR
Region of Origin
United Kingdom
Original Audio
English
Runtime
1h 44m
Status
Released
Studios
London Films Productions, British Lion Films
