Secret Mission

United Kingdom

1942

94 Min

Black and White

1.37:1

English

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SCR Basil Bartlett, Anatole de Grunwald, Terence Young

CAST Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver, Michael Wilding, James Mason, Nancy Price, Karel Stepanek, Fritz Wendhausen, Betty Warren, Percy Walsh, Nicholas Stuart, Herbert Lom, Stewart Granger

PROD DES Carmen Dillon, Paul Sheriff

James Mason, a French soldier named Raoul, and three British Intelligence personnel, Maj. Peter Garnett (Hugh Williams), Capt. Red Gowan (Roland Culver) and Pvt. Nobby Clark (Michael Wilding), enter occupied France to gather military information on German strength. With the help of local Resistance fighters, the spies make a risky visit to Boche headquarters posing as champagne salesmen to get German troop strength info and then pass it onto the Brits so the Allied paratroopers can launch an attack on the Nazi position. Raoul’s confused sister Michele (Carla Lehmann) reluctantly helps after resisting and in the process falls in love with the stoic Peter. —Ozus’ World Movie Reviews

Director

Harold French

London-born Harold French made his name on the stage, both as an actor and director. He crossed over to films, making his acting debut in 1920. He became a director shortly before the beginning of World War II, debuting with The Cavalier of the Streets (1937), and made a well-received adaptation of A.E.W. Mason’s thriller, Secret Mission (1942). He didn’t score again until 1948, with My Brother Jonathan (1948). Known more for his romantic dramas and comedies, French switched to a period action piece, Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953). He directed his last film, The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) in 1955 and went back to writing. Toward the end of his career he returned to directing in the theater. While he may not have been classified among the top-ranked British directors, he nevertheless turned out many well-made, entertaining films over his 20-year-plus career. —IMDb