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Captain Carey, U.S.A. is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mitchell Leisen released in USA on 21 february 1950 with Alan Ladd
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)
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Add to a movie listCaptain Carey, U.S.A. is a 1950 drama film starring Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, and Francis Lederer. An American returns to post-World War II Italy to bring a traitor to justice.
The film was based on the novel No Surrender by Martha Albrand. It was filmed under the title O.S.S. and then the title After Midnight.
The theme song, "Mona Lisa" performed in the film by Charlie Spivak with Tommy Lynn, won the Academy Award for Best Song. It was a #1 hit for Nat King Cole in 1950.
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A group of agents of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (a forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency) is sent to German-occupied Italy during World War II to knock out the German-held Italian railroad system. In accomplishing this mission, most of them are killed because of an inside betrayal.Actors
Alan Ladd
(Captain Webster Carey)
Joseph Calleia
(Dr. Lunati)
Wanda Hendrix
(Baronessa Giulia de Greffi)
Francis Lederer
(Baron Rocco de Greffi)
Celia Lovsky
(Countess Francesca de Cresci)
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