13 Rue Madeleine

Jan 15, 1947

1h 35m

★ 6.0

The Most Sinister Address in History!

Overview

Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.

Genres

Thriller

War

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

13 Rue Madeleine Trailers

Cast

Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey

James Cagney

Suzanne de Beaumont

Annabella

William H. 'Bill' O'Connell

Richard Conte

Jeff Lassiter

Frank Latimore

Charles Gibson

Walter Abel

Pappy Simpson

Melville Cooper

Mayor Galimard

Sam Jaffe

Jump Master (uncredited)

Karl Malden

Peasant Woman (uncredited)

Judith Lowry

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Reed Hadley

Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Psychiatrist (scenes deleted)

Dick Gordon

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