Summaries

Scotland Yard's Room 40 was instrumental in Allied victory during WW1, but has been compromised in the decades since, a killer in their midst.

In 1918, when Germany lost the war, it blamed its defeat on the efficiency of Room 40, in the Old Building of the British Admiralty---the room in which German wireless message were intercepted and decoded. German then decided to train a clever spy who would be solidly entrenched in Room 40, whenever the next war came. In 1939 John Usher (Edgar Barrier)is acknowledged the genius of Room 40. His fiancée, Sudan Ainger (Stephanie Bachelor)is also working in Room 40. John's ten-year-old son, David (Bobby Cooper),at school in Switzerland is called home. The night before DAvid arrives home, John is murdered, but his twin brother Robert (Edgar Barrier),impersonates John and continues his work. Only Sir Christopher (C. Aubrey Smith)and David know of the plan. The safety of six high-ranking British officers who are taking a plane to Warsaw, depends on decoding Nazi messages.But the Nazis switch codes and solution seems impossible.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • world war two
  • gunfire
  • held at gunpoint
  • world war one
  • liar
Genres
  • Mystery
  • Romance
  • War
Release date Jul 25, 1944
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Republic Pictures (I)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 8m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

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