Subway in the Sky

Subway in the Sky

Hunted!

NR 1959 · 87 min · ★ 5.9 · Crime, Drama, Thriller

Berlin provides the backdrop for this crime drama that centers on a military doctor falsely accused of dealing illegal drugs. Determined to prove his innocence, he escapes from the MPs and ends up holing up in the apartment his wife rented. He doesn't know that she has sublet the flat to a nightclub singer. When he finds out, he begs the singer to assist him. She is attracted to him and agrees. The doctor believes that his wife is behind the black-market dealings, but in the end, they find the real culprit.

Directed by Muriel Box · Written by Jack Andrews

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Van Johnson Major Baxter Grant
Hildegard Knef Lilli Hoffman
Albert Lieven Carl
Cec Linder Carson
Katherine Kath Anna Grant
Vivian Matalon Stefan Grant
Carl Jaffe dt. Kriminalbeamter
Chuck Keyser Sergeant Harwell
Edward Judd Molloy
Gaylord Cavallaro Telefonistin
Michael Bell G.I.
E. Kerrigan Prescott Sentry

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