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Squadron Leader X is a British film of genre Drama directed by Lance Comfort released in USA on 10 may 1943 with Eric Portman

Squadron Leader X (1943)

Squadron Leader X
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Released in USA 10 may 1943
Length 1h39
Directed by
Genres Drama,    War,    Spy
Rating70% 3.5025653.5025653.5025653.5025653.502565

Squadron Leader X is a 1943 British World War II spy drama, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Eric Portman and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay was adapted by Miles Malleson and Wolfgang Wilhelm from a short story by Emeric Pressburger.

Synopsis

Erich Kohler (Portman), a crack Luftwaffe pilot who speaks fluent English, is instructed by his superiors to drop a cargo of bombs on the Belgian city of Ghent and then to bale out of his plane wearing a British RAF uniform, gain the confidence of the local populace and then try to convince them that the British are responsible for the bombing of civilian targets in Belgium. The plan goes awry when he falls into the hands of the Belgian Resistance, who believe they are doing him a favour by arranging for him to be smuggled to Britain among a group of downed RAF pilots who are being returned that night.

Actors

Eric Portman

(Erich Kohler)Ann Dvorak

(Barbara Lucas)Walter Fitzgerald

(Inspector Milne)Martin Miller

(Mr. Krohn)Beatrice Varley

(Mrs. Krohn)
And :
Henry Oscar
Barry Jones
Charles Victor
Marjorie Rhodes
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