capes & cloaks
cloak and dagger p & s b & w general title
inspired by actual events cloak and dagger was first major atomic power melodrama of the postwar era . gary cooper stars as bookish physics professor alvah jesper a character obviously based on a bomb codeveloper j. robert oppenheimer . pressed into service by the oss in the last months of ww2 jasper is sent to europe in search of dr. polda vladimir sokoloff an atomic scientist held captive by the nazis . in switzerland jesper quickly runs afoul of enemy spies who murder the only person to know poldas whereabouts . moving on to italy he links up with the partisans falling in love with gorgeous resistance fighter gina lilli palmer . adopting a disguise jesper finally locates polda and spends the last few reels in a desperate dash to freedom . screenwriters albert maltz and ring lardner jr . had originally intended cloak and dagger as a warning to a complacent america . director fritz lang recalled in later years that as conceived and filmed the ending was to have occured after jesper and a group of allied soldiers stumbled upon the ruins of a secret nazi a bomb factory as well as evidence that the german scientists had fled to parts unknown with their atomic secrets intact . its day one of the atomic age jesper was to have noted ruefully and god help us if we think we can keep it a secret much longer . this lengthy coda was removed from the final release print transforming a thought provoking drama into a mere romantic thriller . hal erickson all movie guide . br br ccfull screen version2 .0 dolby stereo surrounddigitally masteredinteractive menusscene index . br br ccfull screen version2 .0 dolby stereo surrounddigitally masteredinteractive menusscene index .
cloak and dagger p & s b & w general title
actors robert alda j. edward bromberg gary cooper robert coote elvira curci yola davril vernon p. downing claire du brey eddie dunn james flavin ross ford arno frey holmes herbert marjorie hoshelle leon lenoir bruce lister rory mallinson charles marsh pat omoore lilli palmer eddie parker gil perkins otto reichow hans schumm dan seymour vladimir sokoloff lotte stein ludwig stossel helene thimig don turner douglas walton frank wilcox clifton young marc lawrence peter michael lillian nicholson michael b aspect ratio b & w created by stage pcm created date 2014 08 23 11 14 39.0 duration 0 dvd region code 1 edition general title languages english modified by stage pcm modified date 2015 03 27 19 37 08.0 mpaa rating nr release date 1053388800000 studio & production company republic pictures