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Under Secret Orders(1933 film)

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Under Secret Orders
Directed bySam Newfield
Written byEustace L. Adams
Produced byWillis Kent
StarringDon Dillaway
Nina Quartero
Phyllis Barrington
CinematographyJules Cronjager
Edited byWalter A. Thompson
Production
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Distributed byProgressive Pictures
Butcher's Film Service(UK)
Release date
  • December 6, 1933(1933-12-06)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Under Secret Ordersis a 1933 Americanthriller filmdirected bySam Newfieldand starringDon Dillaway,Nina QuarteroandPhyllis Barrington.It was produced onPoverty Rowby theindependentproducerWillis Kent.[1]In Britain it was released byButcher's Film Service.

Plot

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Henry Ames, a San Francisco bank employee, is entrusted with valuablebondsto take to an important client in Central America. On board ship, a revolutionary organization plans to steal the bonds in order to buy weapons and overthrow the government. When the bonds go missing, Ames fears the worst.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^Pitts p.287

Bibliography

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  • Fetrow, Alan G.Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography.McFarland, 1992.
  • Pitts, Michael R.Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each.McFarland & Company, 2005.
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