Cloak and Dagger Overview:

Cloak and Dagger (1946) was a Romance - Adventure Film directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Milton Sperling.

SYNOPSIS

An American scientist goes undercover for the O.S.S. in Lang's WWII tale of romance and espionage. Professor Alva Jesper travels through Switzerland and Italy to free a colleague who has been kidnapped by the Nazis and is being forced to construct an atomic bomb. While pursuing his spy duties, the American falls in love with the lovely Italian partisan who has been brought in to help him on his mission.

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Cloak and Dagger (1946)

By Beatrice on Feb 7, 2015 From Flickers in Time

Cloak and Dagger Directed by Fritz Lang Written by Albert Maltz and Ring Lardner Jr.; original story by Boris Ingster and John Larkin 1946/USA Warner Bros./United States Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental This is not one of Lang’s more memorable films but it still looks awfully good. The... Read full article


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Gary Cooper's role was based on the real life exploits of Michael Burke, who would later become President of the New York Yankees.
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."
Anti-atomic bomb dialogue was removed before release.
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