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Under Secret Orders (1933 film)

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Under Secret Orders
Directed bySam Newfield
Written byEustace L. Adams
Produced byWillis Kent
StarringDon Dillaway
Nina Quartero
Phyllis Barrington
CinematographyJules Cronjager
Edited byWalter A. Thompson
Production
company
Distributed byProgressive Pictures
Butcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date
  • December 6, 1933 (1933-12-06)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Under Secret Orders is a 1933 American thriller film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Don Dillaway, Nina Quartero and Phyllis Barrington. It was produced on Poverty Row by the independent producer Willis Kent.[1] In Britain it was released by Butcher's Film Service.

Plot

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Henry Ames, a San Francisco bank employee, is entrusted with valuable bonds to take to an important client in Central America. On board ship, a revolutionary organization plans to steal the bonds in order to buy weapons and overthrow the government. When the bonds go missing, Ames fears the worst.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Pitts p.287

Bibliography

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  • Fetrow, Alan G. Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1992.
  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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