The Unwritten Code (1944)

The Unwritten Code (1944)

UNMASKING THE PLOT OF THE YEAR! 1944-10-26 United States of America 61 Min. PG-13
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Overview

The Unwritten Code is an offbeat, better-than-average Columbia wartime "B" picture. Though Ann Savage and Tom Neal are top-billed, the central character is supporting-actor Roland Varno. He plays a Nazi spy who sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent. The most interesting aspect of The Unwritten Code is the casting of Savage and Neal as the "good" characters: in 1945, these two cult favorites would play the decidedly unsavory protagonists of the film noir classic Detour.

Cast

Ann Savage is Mary Lee Norris
Mary Lee Norris
Tom Neal is Sgt. Terry Hunter
Sgt. Terry Hunter
Roland Varno is Cpl. Karl Richter
Cpl. Karl Richter
Howard Freeman is Mr. Norris
Mr. Norris
Mary Currier is Mrs. Norris
Mrs. Norris
Bobby Larson is Willie Norris
Willie Norris
Teddy Infuhr is Dutchy Schultz
Dutchy Schultz
Marie Blake is Nurse (uncredited)
Nurse (uncredited)
Blake Edwards is Swede (uncredited)
Swede (uncredited)
Morton Lowry is Roland Cheever (uncredited)
Roland Cheever (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt is Ulrich, German Soldier (uncredited)
Ulrich, German Soldier (uncredited)
Otto Reichow is Heinrich Krause (uncredited)
Heinrich Krause (uncredited)

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