O.S.S.

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.

Directed by Irving Pichel

Top cast

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

Gavin Muir

Col. Crawson

Egon Brecher

Marcel Aubert

Joseph Crehan

Gen. Donovan

Bobby Driscoll

Gerard

Julia Dean

Madame Prideaux

Crane Whitley

Arnheim

Dorothy Adams

Claudette (uncredited)

John Dehner

German Radar Captain (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Electronics Engineer (uncredited)

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Leo Schlesinger

German Soldier (uncredited)

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