Assignment Redhead

Assignment Redhead

1956 · 79 min · ★ 5.2 · Crime, Drama

An American army officer working for British intelligence comes to post-war Berlin to solve a murder. His investigation is compromised when he falls for a nightclub singer, not realising she is an agent of the criminal mastermind he is on the trail of.

Directed by Maclean Rogers · Written by Maclean Rogers

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