Underground Agent

Underground Agent
Underground Agent
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Gordon
Written by	J. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater
Produced by	Sam White
Starring	Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson, Julian Rivero
Cinematography	L. William O'Connell
Edited by	Arthur Seid
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	December 3, 1942;
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

Plot

Two U.S. government agents (Bruce Bennett and Frank Albertson) are assigned to prevent Nazi spies involved in an 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

Bruce Bennett as Lee Graham
Leslie Brooks as Ann Carter
Frank Albertson as Johnny Davis
Julian Rivero as Miguel Gonzales
George McKay as Pete Dugan
Rhys Williams as Henry Miller
Henry Victor as Johann Schrode
Addison Richards as George Martin
Rosina Galli as Maria Gonzales
Leonard Strong as Count Akiri
Hans Conried as Hugo

References

↑ "Underground Agent (1942)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
↑ "Underground Agent (1942)". Letterboxd. Retrieved November 16, 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 November 16, 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 November 16, 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 November 16, 2019.

External links

Underground Agent at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Underground Agent at IMDb

[1] "Underground Agent (1942)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved November 16, 2019.

[2] "Underground Agent (1942)". Letterboxd. Retrieved November 16, 2019.

[3] 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 November 16, 2019. Underground Agent (1942 film).

[4] 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 November 16, 2019.

[5] 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 November 16, 2019.