On Secret Service
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Greta Nissen stars as an Italian noblewoman living a dangerous double life as a spy. A remake of the celebrated German thriller Spione am Werk. Co-starring noted German actor Karl Ludwig Diehl and American matinee idol Don Alvarado. The film takes place in Vienna, 1912. When an Austrian staff officer is implicated by association with a known Italian spy he goes on the run. Three years later - as the Great War gets into full swing - he returns and begs the Austrian Secret Service to allow him to clear his name from suspicion.
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Cast
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Greta Nissen
Marchesa Marcella Galdi
Also in
Fazil
Transatlantic
Karl Ludwig Diehl
Captain von Homberg
Known for
The Story of Vickie
Don Alvarado
Conte Valenti
Known for
The Big Steal
The Devil Is a Woman
Lester Matthews
Coloneilo Romanelli
Known for
The Raven
Werewolf of London
Esme Percy
Bleuntzli - Reporter
Known for
Murder!
Dead of Night
C.M. Hallard
Colonel von Waldmuller
Also in
In the Night
The Husband Hunter
Austin Trevor
Captain Larco
Known for
The Red Shoes
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Cecil Ramage
Ermete Davila
Known for
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Wallace Geoffrey
B-18
Also in
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
The Outcast
Arthur B. Woods Director
United States release February 9, 1936
Production
British International Pictures
Production
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 15, 1933
Theatrical
United States · February 9, 1936
Theatrical
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