Cloak and Dagger
Cloak and Dagger is a 1946 American spy film directed by Fritz Lang which stars Gary Cooper as an American scientist sent by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to contact European scientists working on the German nuclear weapons program and Lilli Palmer as a member of the Italian resistance movement who shelters and guides him. The story was drawn from the 1946 non-fiction book Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Story of O.S.S. by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain, while a former OSS agent E. Michael Burke acted as technical advisor. Like 13 Rue Madeleine (1947), the film was intended as a tribute to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operations in German-occupied Europe during World War II.
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| Running time | 106 minutes
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| Box office | $2.5 million (US rentals) or $4,408,000
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- Anti-atomic bomb dialogue was removed before release.
- Dan Seymour became friends with director Fritz Langon the set of the movie after Lang discovered he spoke German. Seymour maintained a life-long friendship with Lang and became the executor of Lang's estate.
- Gary Cooper's role was based on the real life exploits of Michael Burke, who would later become President of the New York Yankees.
- A twenty-six episode radio serial of the same name was produced by NBC in 1950. The radio show was also suggested by the Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain book that was the inspiration for this film. The radio program commenced by Raymond Edward Johnson asking the question, "Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission for the United States knowing in advance you may never return alive?"
- This movie's opening prologue states: "This picture has been inspired by the amazing achievements of the OSS the Office of Strategic Services, but no part of it is intended as a portrayal of actual events. The story, names, characters and events depicted are wholly fictitious. If there is any similarity between them and any persons living or dead, or any events which may have happened, it is entirely coincidental."
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