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Breakaway

Breakaway

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 16, 1956

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Crime

User Score

52%

Original Title

Breakaway

Production Companies

Cipa

Director

Henry Cass

Description

When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret agents, his every move is followed when he returns to England. His girlfriend Paula is kidnapped but her handbag is discovered at the scene of the crime by the aristocratic private eye, Duke Martin. Inside it he discovers the secret formula that the agents are searching for and tracks down her sister Paula. As Johnny grows frantic for the safe return of his girlfriend, Duke Martin plays a deadly game of double bluff with the enemy agents.