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O.S.S. is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irving Pichel released in USA on 26 may 1946 with Alan Ladd

O.S.S. (1946)

O.S.S.
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Released in USA 26 may 1946
Length 1h45
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Thriller,    Action,    Spy
Rating66% 3.339843.339843.339843.339843.33984

O.S.S. is a 1946 war film starring Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald about the Office of Strategic Services, directed by Irving Pichel, who would soon be blacklisted and written by Richard Maibaum, a World War Two vet who would later write 12 of the first 15 James Bond films.

Richard Maibaum, a former Broadway actor, also narrates the film.

Synopsis

John Martin (Alan Ladd) attempts to steal plans for an electric circuit from a plant in Baltimore, Maryland. Caught and arrested for espionage, he is turned over to the Office of Strategic Services, which is training a group of new recruits by sending them on test missions.

Actors

Alan Ladd

(John Martin / Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. / Philippe Martine)Geraldine Fitzgerald

(Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez)Patric Knowles

(Cmdr. Brady)Gloria Ella Saunders
John Hoyt

(Col. Paul Meister)
And :
Richard Webb
Harold Vermilyea
Don Beddoe
Richard Benedict
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