This story is adapted from cases in the espionage files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI . Being produced with FBI's complete cooperation . It could not be made public until the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. It deals with a young student named Dietrich : William Eythe becomes a FBI double agent under command of Lloyd Nolan to crack a Nazi ring led by Signe Hasso. The FBI's own tense , terrific story behind the protection of the Atomic Bomb!. This is the man whose sin was greater than murder...These were the hunted...this is the house ... this is the picture ! The house that hid a secret more terrifying than the mind can conceive ! A terror more deadly than murder !
A semi-documentary thriller allied to an intelligent mystery plot and made with the full cooperation of the Hoover's FBI . It is taut, intricate , tense and intriguing , resulting in a superb climax . It stills works well enough , even though the breathless revelation of the hardware of counterespionage : Two-way mirrors , microfilm , fingerprint and hidden cameras with advanced techniques have become slightly old hat . The scenes in this picture were photographed in the localities of the incidents depicted , Washington, New York and their vicinities, wherever possible, in the actual place the original incident occurred. With the exception of the leading players , all the FBI personnel in the picture are members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Most riveting is the way the Nazi spy ring is foiled before they can escape with the secrets of the atomic bomb . The low-key interpretations contribuye effectively to the sense of actuality despite some clumsy mistakes . Actors give uniformly passable acting such as : William Eythe , Lloyd Nolan, Leo G Carroll, Gene Lockhart and special mention for Signe Hasso giving a strange performance and overacting .
The motion picture was competently directed by Henry Hathaway, providing a semi-documentary, brisk style , and it set the fashion for a whole host of rip-offs and imitations . Hathaway was a good and prolific Hollywood craftsman with a long career , and he directed a lot of films of all kinds of genres (Lives of three Bengal Lancer , Sundown, 13 Rue Madeleine , Sons of Katie Elder , North to Alaska , How the West was won, Nevada Smith, Raid on Rommel, The Desert Fox , Circus World, True Grit, and several others). Rating 7/10 . Better than average .
A semi-documentary thriller allied to an intelligent mystery plot and made with the full cooperation of the Hoover's FBI . It is taut, intricate , tense and intriguing , resulting in a superb climax . It stills works well enough , even though the breathless revelation of the hardware of counterespionage : Two-way mirrors , microfilm , fingerprint and hidden cameras with advanced techniques have become slightly old hat . The scenes in this picture were photographed in the localities of the incidents depicted , Washington, New York and their vicinities, wherever possible, in the actual place the original incident occurred. With the exception of the leading players , all the FBI personnel in the picture are members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Most riveting is the way the Nazi spy ring is foiled before they can escape with the secrets of the atomic bomb . The low-key interpretations contribuye effectively to the sense of actuality despite some clumsy mistakes . Actors give uniformly passable acting such as : William Eythe , Lloyd Nolan, Leo G Carroll, Gene Lockhart and special mention for Signe Hasso giving a strange performance and overacting .
The motion picture was competently directed by Henry Hathaway, providing a semi-documentary, brisk style , and it set the fashion for a whole host of rip-offs and imitations . Hathaway was a good and prolific Hollywood craftsman with a long career , and he directed a lot of films of all kinds of genres (Lives of three Bengal Lancer , Sundown, 13 Rue Madeleine , Sons of Katie Elder , North to Alaska , How the West was won, Nevada Smith, Raid on Rommel, The Desert Fox , Circus World, True Grit, and several others). Rating 7/10 . Better than average .