State Secret

State Secret (1950) is a thriller, drama film directed by Sidney Gilliat rated 6.9/10.

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Dr. John Marlowe

Glynis Johns

Lisa Robinson

Jack Hawkins

Colonel Galcon

Herbert Lom

Karl Theodor

Walter Rilla

General Niva

Karl Stepanek

Dr. Revo

Hans Olaf Moser

Sigrist

Guido Lorraine

Lieutenant Prachi

Robert Ayres

Arthur J. Buckman

Howard Douglas

Clubman

Martin Boddey

Clubman

Russell Waters

Clubman