Overview
The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.
DirectorIrving Pichel
ProducersRichard Maibaum
ScreenplayRobert Thoeren
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Alan Ladd
John Martin / Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. / Philippe Martine

Geraldine Fitzgerald
Miss Ellen Rogers / Madame Elaine Duprez

Patric Knowles
Cmdr. Brady

John Hoyt
Col. Paul Meister

Gloria Saunders
(W)omen's (A)rmy (C)orps Radio Operator Mary

Richard Webb
Frank Schmidt (O)perational (S)upport (P)ackages, (M)aterial, Maintenance, Management, U.S.N.R. / Parker

Richard Benedict
Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. / Albert Bernardi

Harold Vermilyea
Amadeus Brink

Don Beddoe
Rodney "Gates" Parrish / Raoul Josse

Onslow Stevens
Field
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LanguageEnglish
Production companiesParamount Pictures, Franco London Films
TaglineBased on a composite of actual incidents during WWII, the Office of Strategic Services sends teams of spies and saboteurs in Nazi-occupied France and Nazi Germany..