O.S.S.

O.S.S.

Based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII, the Office of Strategic Services sends teams of spies and saboteurs in Nazi-occupied France and Nazi Germany..

NR 1946 · 107 min · ★ 6.9 · War, Thriller, Action, Drama

The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.

Directed by Irving Pichel · Written by Robert Thoeren

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Alan Ladd John Martin / Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. / Philippe Martine
Geraldine Fitzgerald Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez
Patric Knowles Cmdr. Brady
John Hoyt Col. Paul Meister
Gloria Saunders (W)omen's (A)rmy (C)orps Radio Operator Mary
Richard Webb Frank Schmidt (O)perational (S)upport (P)ackages, (M)aterial, Maintenance, Management, U.S.N.R. / Parker
Richard Benedict Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
Harold Vermilyea Amadeus Brink
Don Beddoe Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
Onslow Stevens Field
Gavin Muir Col. Crawson
Egon Brecher Marcel Aubert

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