13 Rue Madeleine Page #3

Synopsis: Documentary-style prologue follows training of O.S.S. agents for WWII work behind enemy lines. One of the group is a German "mole;" leaders Gibson and Sharkey are aware of this and scheme to feed him false info about the invasion of Europe, while the real agents go to France to find a secret V-2 rocket depot. But the German spy outsmarts them and rejoins his people knowing too much; Bob Sharkey takes the risk of going in after him.
Director(s): Henry Hathaway
Production: 20th Century Fox
 
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Year:
1946
95 min
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- Was that a freight train...

or a 155-millimeter shell

passing overhead?

Now, listen carefully.

[Metal Clicks]

A door latch or the cocking

of a.45 caliber pistol?

[Whistling Descending]

[Whistling Continues]

Ajungle bird or a falling bomb?

- [Dinging]

- Someone tapping on a champagne glass...

or Swiss bells?

Wind from the northeast.

Northeast.

Velocity:
15.

Wind from the northeast.

Velocity:
15.

Attention, strip markers...

Attention, strip markers...

- [Engine Approaching]

- Arms in the air. Arms in the air.

Simulate your flashlights

and mark the strip.

Simulate your flashlights

and mark the strip.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Keep that bundle dry.! Go.

That room there.

That there.

Right. Left. That room right there.

Come on. Snap it up!

Mr. Jones is the president of a plant

which produces a secret war weapon.

You have been discovered

in his office going through papers

on his desk. What were you doing?

- Mr. Jones sent me there.

- That's a lie.

- No. That's why I have his key.

- Where did you get it?

- Mr. Jones gave it. At the restaurant.

- Key to his private office?

What were you after?

A very important telephone number.

He sent me for it.

- Mr. Jones sent you?

- When?

Oh, 20 minutes ago.

It, uh...

- It was a... lady's telephone number.

- Why didn't Mr. Jones come?

He was dining with someone. He...

- He didn't want her to come with him.

- Who?

- His wife.

- You're lying.

- No.

- You're a Nazi agent.

- No!

- What were you doing in that office?

[Sharkey] "How long does it take

to install this detonator?

"Nine... Find out the advantages offered

by this new detonator over the old one.

Ten... Get all secret data possible:

Blueprints, drawings, etc."

Now, there's your test.

Any questions?

"72 hours." Does that mean

back here in 72 hours?

- Correct. Very little time.

- The submarine base

in New London or Portsmouth?

You have your choice. They both

make and install the equipment.

And very well-guarded too.

But that shouldn't pose any

great difficulty for a couple

ofbright lads like you.

- He really dug down deep for that one.

- Interesting problem.

- That's about all. Wasting time.

- We're ready.

You're free to leave anytime.

Call the Special Equipment Department.

- A camera's a useful gadget.

- Thanks, Pappy.

Good hunting.

- Good old Pappy.

- Yeah.

The camera's a good idea.

Unless we can get our hands

on the blueprints.

- They don't leave blueprints

lying around to copy.

- Yeah.

Two problems:

How to get in, and...

We'll get jobs as laborers.

It'll take less faking.

- How can we get close enough

to photograph the parts?

- We won't find out here.

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John Monks Jr.

John Cherry Monks Jr. (February 24, 1910 – December 10, 2004) was an author, actor, playwright, screenwriter, director, and a U.S. Marine. more…

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