13 Rue Madeleine Page #2

Synopsis: Documentary-style prologue follows training of O.S.S. agents for WWII work behind enemy lines. One of the group is a German "mole;" leaders Gibson and Sharkey are aware of this and scheme to feed him false info about the invasion of Europe, while the real agents go to France to find a secret V-2 rocket depot. But the German spy outsmarts them and rejoins his people knowing too much; Bob Sharkey takes the risk of going in after him.
Director(s): Henry Hathaway
Production: 20th Century Fox
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1946
95 min
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Departure, 1500, front entrance.

That'll be all.

[Grunting]

Uh... you.

[Grunting, Punching Continue]

When searching a person for

concealed weapons, search thoroughly.

- Even below the knees.

- Hands up!

No, aim for the point

on the chin. The button.

Try it again.

Hands up!

That's better.

Start the fall from here. Follow it

right on over. Watch carefully.

I'm very relaxed,

you understand? And slap.

Here...

Slap hard. All right... you.

Don't forget the slap.

It'll break the force of your fall.

Good. All right.

Slap harder.

[Planes Crashing]

You have exactly one minute.

Time.!

What kind of planes

were involved?

How many motors

on the second plane?

Which plane was cut in half:

Top, bottom or the center?

How many planes crashed? If more

than one, which plane crashed first?

[Tapping]

[Narrator]

All O77 agents had to be able to send...

at least ten words a minute.

Those chosen for special jobs

as communicators...

received more thorough training.

[Tapping Continues]

- Now, listen.

- [Air Roaring]

[Roaring Continues]

- [Roaring Stops]

- Was that a freight train...

or a 155-millimeter shell

passing overhead?

Now, listen carefully.

[Metal Clicks]

A door latch or the cocking

of a.45 caliber pistol?

[Whistling Descending]

[Whistling Continues]

Ajungle bird or a falling bomb?

- [Dinging]

- Someone tapping on a champagne glass...

or Swiss bells?

Wind from the northeast.

Northeast.

Velocity:
15.

Wind from the northeast.

Velocity:
15.

Attention, strip markers...

Attention, strip markers...

- [Engine Approaching]

- Arms in the air. Arms in the air.

Simulate your flashlights

and mark the strip.

Simulate your flashlights

and mark the strip.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Keep that bundle dry.! Go.

That room there.

That there.

Right. Left. That room right there.

Come on. Snap it up!

Mr. Jones is the president of a plant

which produces a secret war weapon.

You have been discovered

in his office going through papers

on his desk. What were you doing?

- Mr. Jones sent me there.

- That's a lie.

- No. That's why I have his key.

- Where did you get it?

- Mr. Jones gave it. At the restaurant.

- Key to his private office?

What were you after?

A very important telephone number.

He sent me for it.

- Mr. Jones sent you?

- When?

Oh, 20 minutes ago.

It, uh...

- It was a... lady's telephone number.

- Why didn't Mr. Jones come?

He was dining with someone. He...

- He didn't want her to come with him.

- Who?

- His wife.

- You're lying.

- No.

- You're a Nazi agent.

- No!

- What were you doing in that office?

[Sharkey] "How long does it take

to install this detonator?

"Nine... Find out the advantages offered

by this new detonator over the old one.

Ten... Get all secret data possible:

Blueprints, drawings, etc."

Now, there's your test.

Any questions?

"72 hours." Does that mean

back here in 72 hours?

- Correct. Very little time.

- The submarine base

in New London or Portsmouth?

You have your choice. They both

make and install the equipment.

And very well-guarded too.

But that shouldn't pose any

great difficulty for a couple

ofbright lads like you.

- He really dug down deep for that one.

- Interesting problem.

- That's about all. Wasting time.

- We're ready.

You're free to leave anytime.

Call the Special Equipment Department.

- A camera's a useful gadget.

- Thanks, Pappy.

Good hunting.

- Good old Pappy.

- Yeah.

The camera's a good idea.

Unless we can get our hands

on the blueprints.

- They don't leave blueprints

lying around to copy.

- Yeah.

Two problems:

How to get in, and...

We'll get jobs as laborers.

It'll take less faking.

- How can we get close enough

to photograph the parts?

- We won't find out here.

- Any luck?

- They assemble the detonators

in the exploder room.

- Yeah?

- But you can't get near it.

- We gotta be back tomorrow morning.

- Here's the angle.

- They take the detonators to the

torpedo shed where they install them.

- Is that restricted too?

When they change shifts,

they leave everything.

The whistle goes, they walk out.

Before the next shift gets in,

the detonators are left lying around.

- That's when to get the pictures.

- Right.

I'll head for the torpedo shed.

You tail me.

- But get the pictures. That's

the important thing. I'll cover you.

- Right.

[Metal Clanking, Motors Running]

[Horn Sounding]

[Horn Continues]

[Horn Stops]

- What are you doing in here?

- I work here.

You're not supposed

to be in here.

- I didn't know.

- Didn't know you're not

supposed to smoke here?

- I wasn't smoking.

- What are you doing with matches?

- Nothing. I was just...

- Gimme those matches.

- I wasn't smoking!

- Why don't you do like I told you...

- What's the matter?

- This fellow was gonna smoke.

This is a restricted section.

I'm his security officer.

My credentials.

Had my eye on this guy all day.

Your number is six, huh?

Let me call for ya.

I'm gonna take him

for questioning.

Gimme those matches.

[Indistinct]

- Hope I didn't hurt you.

- Hurt me? You saved me

from blowing the problem.

This is a... a badge of honor.

- Where did you get that card?

- In the special service section.

I didn't tell you.

- Bill, we made it.

- Hope so.

Have you found the German agent?

Yes. O'Connell.

He stands at the head ofhis class.

That was the lead.

And the report on

the final problem clinched it.

- Have you read it?

- Yes.

I checked the results

of the other groups on the problem.

- It was designed for them

to make mistakes.

- O'Connell didn't make any.

Thanks to quick thinking... too

quick for a beginner. O'Connell

has been through it all before.

This is a manual from the German

espionage school. Very good too.

"Es gibt keine Kameraden.

"Greift selbst den Kameraden an.

Verdachtigt ihn.

Vernichtet ihn wenn notig."

"There are no comrades.

Turn in a comrade, accuse him,

even destroy him if necessary."

Well, there it is.

That was the technique he used.

American kids would have slugged

the guard and fought together.

- Would you say he was good?

- Only one thing the matter...

he's on the wrong side.

- His name is Kuncel. Abwehr Five.

One of their best.

- K-U-N-Z-E-L?

- C-E-L.

- C-E-L.

- When do you want to pick him up?

- Kuncel's going with

the group to London.

He must never know

that he's suspected.

That's why no one has been told.

- It's going to be

more difficult for you.

- I'll be careful.

We've had him pegged,

but we've nursed him along.

He's after something big,

or it wouldn't be Kuncel.

- Information on our organization?

- It's bigger than that.

Second front.

That's what we think.

Where and when.

They'd love to have that.

Kuncel's a big shot.

The German High Command is

counting on what he brings in.

That's our hunch anyway.

Now, we've got to arrange for Kuncel

to get information...

the wrong information...

and take it to the German High Command.

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John Monks Jr.

John Cherry Monks Jr. (February 24, 1910 – December 10, 2004) was an author, actor, playwright, screenwriter, director, and a U.S. Marine. more…

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