13 Rue Madeleine (1947) | |
| Director(s) | Henry Hathaway |
| Producer(s) | Louis de Rochemont |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller/Suspense, War |
| Top Topics | Spies, World War II |
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13 Rue Madeleine (1947) was a Adventure - Action Film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Louis de Rochemont.
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13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
By Beatrice on Mar 8, 2015 From Flickers in Time13 Rue Madeleine? Directed by Henry Hathaway Written by John Monks Jr. and Sy Bartlett 1947/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental An enjoyable Fox film noir in the semi-documentary style about U.S. intelligence efforts in World War II. A voice-over narrator set... Read full article
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Charles Gibson:
I don't want to send you.
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: I've been working hard. I need the change.
Charles Gibson: You won't come back.
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: [Gibson drops his eyes] I've just discovered something about you.
Charles Gibson: What?
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: You're a worrier.
Mayor Galimard: There will be reprisals!
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: If he isn't sold and should in any way suspect that you're on a double mission, if he does make his break and tries to follow you, you're going to shoot him.
Jeff Lassiter: Shoot him?
Jeff Lassiter: [clearly disturbed by the thought] Tha-That's rough! Tha...
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: That's war... and that's your mission!
Jeff Lassiter: Yeah.
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: O'Connell can do it. Can you?
Jeff Lassiter: Yeah, I can do it.
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: That's all for now.
Jeff Lassiter: Right.
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Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: I've been working hard. I need the change.
Charles Gibson: You won't come back.
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: [Gibson drops his eyes] I've just discovered something about you.
Charles Gibson: What?
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: You're a worrier.
Mayor Galimard: There will be reprisals!
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: If he isn't sold and should in any way suspect that you're on a double mission, if he does make his break and tries to follow you, you're going to shoot him.
Jeff Lassiter: Shoot him?
Jeff Lassiter: [clearly disturbed by the thought] Tha-That's rough! Tha...
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: That's war... and that's your mission!
Jeff Lassiter: Yeah.
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: O'Connell can do it. Can you?
Jeff Lassiter: Yeah, I can do it.
Robert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey: That's all for now.
Jeff Lassiter: Right.
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Facts about
This film's director, Henry Hathaway, once said of this movie: "I stole the plot of 'The Virginian' and used it. I'd always wanted to make that story anyway."
This movie's opening prologue states: "No single story could ever pay full tribute to the accomplishments of the U.S. Army Intelligence in World War II. Working secretly behind enemy lines, in close cooperation with our Allies, its brilliant work was an acknowledged factor in the final victory. In order to obtain the maximum of realism and authenticity, all the exterior and interior settings in this Motion Picture were photographed in the field - - and, whenever possible, at the actual locations."
The relevance of an address as this film's title is that '13 Rue Madeleine' is the address of German Nazi Gestapo headquarters in Le Havre, France during the Nazi German occupation of France in World War II and this is where the spy mission takes this film's heroes.
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This movie's opening prologue states: "No single story could ever pay full tribute to the accomplishments of the U.S. Army Intelligence in World War II. Working secretly behind enemy lines, in close cooperation with our Allies, its brilliant work was an acknowledged factor in the final victory. In order to obtain the maximum of realism and authenticity, all the exterior and interior settings in this Motion Picture were photographed in the field - - and, whenever possible, at the actual locations."
The relevance of an address as this film's title is that '13 Rue Madeleine' is the address of German Nazi Gestapo headquarters in Le Havre, France during the Nazi German occupation of France in World War II and this is where the spy mission takes this film's heroes.
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