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Navy Secrets (1939)

Navy Secrets poster
Directed by
Howard Bretherton
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 02m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sailor gets involved in a spy plot while on shore leave. He must help protect naval secrets from foreign agents.

mysterioussuspensefulseriouslight-heartedfast-pacedold-fashionedpatriotic

What happens

Navy Secrets is a 1939 American espionage film. Directed by Howard Bretherton, the film stars Fay Wray, Grant Withers, and Dewey Robinson. It was released on February 8, 1939. The screenplay by Harvey Gates was based on the short story "Shore Leave" by Steve Fisher, which was originally published in the August 1938 edition of Hearst's International Cosmopolitan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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