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State Secret is a 1950 British drama thriller film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Olga Lowe and Herbert Lom. [2] It was made at Isleworth Studios with Italian location shooting in Trento and the Dolomites. It was released in the United States under the title The Great Manhunt. [3]
Nov 8, 2012 · TV REVIEW: Was It Worth Making 'Secret State'? Right from the apocalyptic opening sequence, we knew what waters this boat 'Secret State' was heading, straight into the seas of all those...
In a Balkan country, intelligence head Col. Galcon (Jack Hawkins) forces vacationing eminent American brain surgeon John Marlowe (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.). to treat the nation's leader, who is...
- Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
- Sidney Gilliat
Launder (co-producer) and Gilliat (writer/co-producer/director) drew on the lessons they'd learned when working for Hitchcock in the '30s to turn out this nifty little thriller (from a novel by ...
Review: Dr John Marlowe ( Douglas Fairbanks Jr ) is in the European dictatorship of Vosnia, a small but isolated nation which is ruled over by General Niva ( Walter Rilla ). But Marlowe, an American in Britain, has been called upon by the Vosnian authorities to assist their leader, for he has been under the weather recently.
- Sidney Gilliat
- 6 (from 1 vote)
- Drama, Thriller, Romance
- 1950
Prominent American surgeon John Marlowe (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) is tricked by Colonel Galcon (Jack Hawkins) into performing an operation on the dictator (Walter Rilla) of Vosnia, a fictional central European country.
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Beautifully photographed in Italian cities and in the Italian Dolomites, the whole adventure has the eminent advantage of a sparkling Continental atmosphere.And it also has the advantage of good...