ID

FBW001384      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1944

Original Title

The Unwritten Code

Directed by

Herman Rotsten

Produced by

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Sam White; Script: Leslie T. White, Charles Kenyon (based on a story by Charles Kenyon, Robert Wilmot); Based on: Charles Kenyon, Robert Wilmot; Camera: Burnett Guffey; Editing: Gene Havlick; Art direction: Perry Smith; Musical direction: Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Cast

Ann Savage (Mary Lee Norris); Tom Neal (Sgt. Terry Hunter); Roland Varno (Cpl. Karl Richter); Howard Freeman (Mr. Norris); Mary Currier (Mrs. Norris); Bobby Larson (Willie Norris); Teddy Infuhr (Dutchy Schultz); Otto Reichow (Heinrich Krause); Fred Essler (Schultz); Fred Giermann (Luedtke); Tom Holland (Kunze); Philip Van Zandt (Ulrich); Carl Ekberg (Schroeder); Alan Bridge (Sheriff)

Length

61'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 26 Oct 1944: US release date

Abstract

Cpl. Karl Richter is a Nazi who manages to sneak into the States by assuming the identity of a murdered British soldier. He then prepares to set free a number of Nazi prisoners but gets shot down before he can carry out his scheme.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987
- Martin, Len D: The Columbia Checklist. The Feature Films, Serials, Cartoons and Short Subjects of Columbia Pictures Corporation, 1922-1988. Jefferson, NC / London: McFarland, 1991