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Confidential Agent (1945)

Confidential Agent poster
Directed by
Herman Shumlin
Genre
drama film, war film, spy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man works as a secret agent during a civil war. He tries to complete his mission while dealing with distrust and betrayal.

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What happens

Confidential Agent is a 1945 American spy film starring Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall which was a Warner Brothers production. The movie was directed by Herman Shumlin and produced by Robert Buckner, with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay was by Robert Buckner, based on the 1939 novel The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene. The music score was by Franz Waxman and the cinematographer was James Wong Howe. The supporting cast included George Coulouris and Peter Lorre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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