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I Was an American Spy is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lesley Selander released in USA on 14 april 1951 with Ann Dvorak
I Was an American Spy (1951)
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Add to a movie listI Was An American Spy is a 1951 film dramatizing the true story of Claire Phillips, an American of Filipino descent who spied on the Japanese during World War II, and was captured, tortured, and sentenced to death before being rescued. The film, produced by Allied Artists, and directed by Lesley Selander, starred Ann Dvorak in the title role. The filmmakers brought Phillips on as a consultant, and she and Dvorak became good friends, with Phillips admiring Dvorak's professional dedication in this difficult role.
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Claire Phillips, an American-born Filipina living in Manila and working as a cafe entertainer on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor. She meets and marries an American soldier, and with her husband, witnesses the Japanese invasion. Her husband is captured, and then killed in the Bataan Death March. Phillips joins the anti-Japanese resistance, and in order to obtain intelligence to send back to the United States, she opens a nightclub catering to Japanese officers. She successfully passes useful intelligence on to the American forces and the Filipino underground, but is then discovered, imprisoned, and tortured by the Japanese. Sentenced to death, she is rescued in the nick of time, and later awarded the Medal of Freedom.Actors
Ann Dvorak
(Mrs. Claire 'High Pockets' Phillips)
Gene Evans
(Cpl. John Boone)
Douglas Kennedy
(Sgt. John Phillips)
Richard Loo
(Col. Masamato)
Philip Ahn
(Capt. Arito)
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