Secret Command 79 years old

DRAMA...by a handful of men and women who fight the enemy within our gates!

Secret Command

Secret Command features Pat O'Brien as a onetime foreign correspondent in the wartime employ of the FBI. Under an assumed name, O'BRIEN goes to work at a shipyard, intending to keep both eyes open for potential saboteurs. To maintain the cover, O'BRIEN is given a "wife" (Carole Landis) and two children. When O'BRIEN's brother Chester Morris shows up, he can't comprehend the charade and nearly spills the beans to the Nazi spies O'BRIEN hopes to trap. Based on the short story The Saboteurs by John and Ward Hawkins, Secret Command offers a graying but still feisty Pat O'Brien doing what he does best.

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Secret Command Cast

Name Character
Ruth Warrick She was 28, 88 years old when she died as Lea Damaron
Barton MacLane He was 41, 66 years old when he died as Red Kelly
Tom Tully He was 35, 73 years old when he died as Brownell
Pat O’Brien He was 44, 83 years old when he died as Sam Gallagher
Ray Teal He was 42, 74 years old when he died as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
Howard Freeman He was 48, 72 years old when he died as Max Lessing
Dusty Anderson She was 25, now 105 years old as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Cyril Ring He was 51, 74 years old when he died as Parrish (uncredited)
Richard Lyon He was 9, now 89 years old as Paul
Chester Morris He was 43, 69 years old when he died as Jeff Gallagher
George McKay He was 60, 61 years old when he died as Joe Day (uncredited)
Frank Fenton He was 38, 65 years old when he died as Simms
Carole Landis She was 25, 29 years old when she died as Jill McCann
John Tyrrell He was 43, 48 years old when he died as Yard Messenger (uncredited)
Vernon Dent He was 49, 68 years old when he died as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
Mary Gordon She was 62, 81 years old when she died as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown He was 57, 61 years old when he died as James Thane
Pat Parrish as Nurse (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson He was 45, 52 years old when he died as Jack Shaw (uncredited)
Matt McHugh He was 50, 77 years old when he died as Curly
Dorothy Vernon She was 68, 94 years old when she died as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
Erik Rolf He was 33, 45 years old when he died as Ben Royall
Wallace Ford He was 46, 68 years old when he died as Miller
Frank Sully He was 36, 67 years old when he died as Shawn
Carol Nugent She was 7, now 86 years old as Joan

Secret Command Crew

Name Department
Franz Planer as Cinematography. He was 50 (68) years old when He died Crew
Robert Priestley as Set Decoration. He was 43 (85) years old when He died Art
Paul Sawtell as Original Music Composer. He was 38 (65) years old when He died Sound
Jean Louis as Costume Design. He was 36 (89) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco as Music. He was 49 (72) years old when He died Sound
Lionel Banks as Art Direction. He was 43 (48) years old when He died Art
Viola Lawrence as Editor. She was 49 (78) years old when She died Editing
Morris Stoloff as Music. He was 45 (81) years old when He died Sound
Edward C. Jewell as Art Direction. He was 50 (69) years old when He died Art
Roy Chanslor as Writer. He was 44 (64) years old when He died Writing
John Hawkins as Writer. He was 412 (63) years old when He died Writing
Ward Hawkins as Writer. He was 31 (77) years old when He died Writing
David Allen as Special Effects. Crew
Phil Ryan as Producer. He was 2 (69) years old when He died Production
Robert Wright as Special Effects. He was 12 (now 67) years old Crew
Rex Bailey as Second Unit. Crew
Harry Kusnick as Sound Editor. He was 44 (now 124) years old Sound
Russell Malmgren as Sound Effects Editor. He was 39 (76) years old when He died Sound
Ray Cory as Special Effects. He was 50 (73) years old when He died Crew
Aaron Nibley as Set Decoration. Art
Secret Command poster
Secret Command (79 years)

DRAMA...by a handful of men and women who fight the enemy within our gates!

  • Release day: Sunday, July 30, 1944
  • Runtime: 82 minutes