Mission spéciale (1946)
Directed by Maurice de Canonge

War / Drama / Thriller
aka: Special Mission

Film Synopsis

May 1940.  Commissioner Chabrier, a National Security operative, is about to capture a gang of spies who, under a cover of respectability, have been supplying secrets to the German High Command.  One of the spies is Emmy de Wilder, the seemingly blameless director of a hospital in Rouen.  The debacle at Dunkirk prevents Chabrier from fulfilling his mission but he refuses to admit defeat.  He heads for the southwest of France with his men, determined to succeed...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Maurice de Canonge
  • Script: Simon Gantillon
  • Cinematographer: Georges Million
  • Music: Jacques Dupont
  • Cast: Jany Holt (Emmy de Welder), Pierre Renoir (Moravetz-Landberg), Jean Davy (Chabrier), André Carnège (Le contrôleur général), Raymond Cordy (Mérignac), Marcel Delaître (Le colonel Kleider), Louis Florencie (Le chef de gare), Alain Gilbert (Le tuberculeux), Jérôme Goulven (Staub), Roger Karl (Poldermann-Roechel), Léo Lapara (Péroni), Jacques Roussel (Carlos), Liliane Valais (Hélène de Moreuil), Jean Yonnel (Sartène)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: Special Mission

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