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State Secret

State Secret

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 11, 1950

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Thriller, Drama, Romance, Mystery

User Score

65%

Original Title

State Secret

Production Companies

London Films Productions, British Lion Films

Director

Sidney Gilliat

Description

Visiting in England, an American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European country, and discovers the operation he is to perform is on the Vosnian dictator. When the latter dies, he is replaced by a look-alike, but Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit by the secret police of Vosnia since it is vital to Vosnia that the dictator's death does not become known. Fleeing, he seeks help from an actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two are harried across the countryside.