O.S.S.
movie
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..
Released May 26, 1946
Overview
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.
Cast
Alan Ladd
as
John Martin / Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. / Philippe Martine
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as
Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez
Patric Knowles
as
Cmdr. Brady
John Hoyt
as
Col. Paul Meister
Gloria Saunders
as
(W)omen's (A)rmy (C)orps Radio Operator Mary
Richard Webb
as
Frank Schmidt (O)perational (S)upport (P)ackages, (M)aterial, Maintenance, Management, U.S.N.R. / Parker
Richard Benedict
as
Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi
Harold Vermilyea
as
Amadeus Brink
Don Beddoe
as
Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse
Onslow Stevens
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Field
Gavin Muir
as
Col. Crawson
Egon Brecher
as
Marcel Aubert
Crew
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Daniele Amfitheatrof
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Music
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Robert Thoeren
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Screenplay
Richard Maibaum
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Producer
Irving Pichel
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Director
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Lionel Lindon
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Director of Photography
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Harold Lewis
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Sound Recordist
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Heinz Roemheld
as
Music
Sam Comer
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Set Decoration
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Hans Dreier
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Art Direction
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Stanley J. Sawley
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Set Decoration
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Mary Kay Dodson
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Costume Design
Wally Westmore
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Makeup Supervisor