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Diplomatic Courier (1952)
Director: Henry Hathaway
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From Time Out Film Guide
Neat, taut espionage thriller, with Power out to avenge a friend's death and finding himself on the trail of a secret document which will alert America to Soviet plans for the invasion of Yugoslavia. Cold War simplistics rule, as always in the early '50s. But the plot, adapted from a Peter Cheyney novel (Sinister Errand) runs mainly to fast-moving action, and with Trieste as the principal location, it's beautifully shot by Lucien Ballard in a globe-trotting equivalent to the semi-documentary style Hathaway evolved in The House on 92nd Street, 13 Rue Madeleine and Call Northside 777.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Henry Hathaway
Producer: Casey Robinson
Cast: Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Stephen McNally, Hildegard Knef, Karl Malden, James Millican, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 97 mins
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