6.3
The Chess Player
2017
“Blonde and Beautiful...Despised and Hated!...”
Yellow Canary (1943)
December 13, 19431h 34mEN
5.2
15 votes
Overview
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
Director
Herbert WilcoxWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Herbert Wilcox ProductionsRKO Radio Pictures
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6.0Anna Neagle ("Sally") is quite efficient as the supposed Nazi sympathiser who abandons her family in a frequently bombed London and heads to the safety of Nova Scotia. En route, she attracts the attention of both the suave Polish officer "Jan Orlock" (Albert Lieven) and of the apparently hapless British one - Richard Greene ("Garrick") on the boat. On arrival, she befriends the mother of "Orlock" (Lucie Mannheim) and our story of espionage and counter-espionage begins in earnest. Nobody is exactly - or even remotely - whom they say they are and Herbert Wilcox manages to keep us guessing for mu…
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