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State Secret

State Secret

  • Status: Released
  • 11-09-1950
  • Runtime: 104 min
  • Score: 6.6
  • Vote count: 15

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.

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

Arthur Howard

Clubman

Carl Jaffe

Janovic Prada / Tugboat Captain

Gerard Heinz

Tomasi Bendel

Leonard Sachs

Dr. Poldoi

Leslie Linder

Andre

Leo Bieber

Man at Telephone Box

Nelly Arno

Barber Shop Manager

Paul Demel

Barber

Danny Green

Taxi Driver

Anton Diffring

State Police Officer at Theater

Olga Lowe

Baba 'Robinson'

Therese Van Kye

Teresa 'Robinson'

Peter Illing

Macco

Arthur Reynolds

Compere

Richard Molinas

Red Nose

Eric Pohlmann

Cable Car Conductor

Louis Wiechert

Christian

Gerik Schjelderup

Bartorek

Henrik Jacobsen

Mountain Soldier

Robert Cawdron

State Policeman

Alexis Chesnakov

Francks

Marianne Deeming

Sophie

Arsene Kirilloff

Vilnik

Richard Marner

Second Officer at Billin Police Headquarters

Pat Neal

Nursing Sister

Arthur Skinner

Man in Background

Gordon Tanner

Joe

Alessandro Tasca

State Radio Commentator

Joe Wadham

Man on Theatre Stage

Ian Wallace

Butler in Club

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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.