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13 Rue Madeleine is a 1947 American World War II spy film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring James Cagney, Annabella, Richard Conte and Frank Latimore. Allied volunteers are trained as spies in the leadup to the invasion of Europe, but one of them is a German double agent.
A 1947 film about a Nazi double agent infiltrating a group of O.S.S. agents training for secret missions behind enemy lines. James Cagney stars as the spy chief who tries to stop the traitor from revealing the Allied invasion plan.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Henry Hathaway
- 1947-03-03
When commanding officer Robert Emmett Sharkey (James Cagney) learns that there is a German mole (Richard Conte) in the group of O.S.S. agents he's training to send behind enemy lines during World...
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- James Cagney
- Henry Hathaway
- Mystery & Thriller
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage.
13 Rue Madeleine - (Original Trailer) Tragedy occurs when a spy chief finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent in 13 Rue Madeleine (1947).
- Henry Hathaway, Abe Steinberg
- James Cagney
When spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy. Documentary-style prologue follows training of O.S.S. agents for WWII work behind enemy lines. One of the group is a German agent.
With 13 Rue Madeleine (1947), Hathaway grafted noir visuals onto an espionage thriller with fine results; James Cagney was especially effective as a resilient OSS agent. Kiss of Death (1947) is one of Hathaway’s most enduring films.
