O.S.S.

original title:
O.S.S.
country / year of production:
USA / 1946
original length:
110 min. , black/white
premiere:
26 May 1946, New York City
genre:
adventure
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director:
Irving Pichel
film script:
Richard Maibaum
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cast (role):
Alan Ladd , Geraldine Fitzgerald , Patric Knowles
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plot synopsis:
This film takes Place during World War II and deals with specially-trained American O.S.S. agents. On their mission in France, they try to destroy a tunnel, to stop the Germans shipping supplies to their troops. One of the American spies is a woman, who falls in love with one of the agents. But can their love stand the duty they have to fulfill?
keywords:
espionage , sabotage , behind enemy lines , women during wartime , order and obedience , secret service
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Gerhard Schulz (Hrsg.): Geheimdienste und Widerstandsbewegungen im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1982.
remarks:
The "Office of Strategic Services" (O.S.S) was the predecessor organisation of the CIA.
availability:
VHS NTSC