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Underground Agent
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Gordon
Written byJ. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater
Produced bySam White
StarringBruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson, Julian Rivero
CinematographyL. William O'Connell
Edited byArthur Seid
Distributed byColumbia Pictures

Release date

  • December 3, 1942 (1942-12-03)

Running time

66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Underground Agent is a 1942 American drama film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson, and Julian Rivero.[1][2] The film was released by Columbia Pictures.[3][4][5]

Plot[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Underground Agent (1942)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  • ^ "Underground Agent (1942)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  • ^ Cripps, Thomas (1993). Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era. Oxford University Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780195076691. Retrieved 16 November 2019. Underground Agent (1942 film).
  • ^ Rollins, Peter C. (2004). The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past. Columbia University Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780231508391. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  • ^ III, Harris M. Lentz (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 29. ISBN 9780786434817. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
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