Underground Agent
{{short description|1942 film by Michael Gordon}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Underground Agent
| image = Underground Agent poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Michael Gordon
| writer = J. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater
| based_on =
| starring = Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson, Julian Rivero
| cinematography = L. William O'Connell
| editing = Arthur Seid
| producer = Sam White
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1942|12|03}}
| runtime = 66 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Underground Agent is a 1942 American drama film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson, and Julian Rivero.{{cite web |title=Underground Agent (1942) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/uk/film897022.html |website=FilmAffinity |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Underground Agent (1942) |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/underground-agent/ |website=Letterboxd |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}} The film was released by Columbia Pictures.{{cite book |last1=Cripps |first1=Thomas |title=Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era |date=1993 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195076691 |page=[https://archive.org/details/makingmoviesblac0000crip/page/322 322] |url=https://archive.org/details/makingmoviesblac0000crip |url-access=registration |quote=Underground Agent (1942 film). |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Rollins |first1=Peter C. |title=The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past |date=2004 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=9780231508391 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iAMb9q7cqAgC&pg=PA135 |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=III |first1=Harris M. Lentz |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786434817 |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3zGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA29 |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}
Plot
Two U.S. government agents (Bruce Bennett and Frank Albertson) are assigned to prevent Nazi spies involved in a eavesdropping scheme from infiltrating into a Southern California war-defense plant. To help them in their venture, one of the agents invents an ingenious word-scrambler that eventually leads them to the German spies.
Cast
- Bruce Bennett as Lee Graham
- Leslie Brooks as Ann Carter
- Frank Albertson as Johnny Davis
- Julian Rivero as Miguel Gonzales
- George McKay as Pete Dugan
- Rhys Williams as Henry Miller
- Henry Victor as Johann Schrode
- Addison Richards as George Martin
- Rosina Galli as Maria Gonzales
- Leonard Strong as Count Akiri
- Hans Conried as Hugo
References
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External links
- {{AFI film|27538|Underground Agent}}
- {{IMDb title|0035488|Underground Agent}}
{{Michael Gordon}}
Category:Columbia Pictures films