Post by rmichaelpyle on Jun 9, 2009 6:10:32 GMT -6
Watched "13 Rue Madeleine" (1947) with James Cagney, Annabella, Walter Abel, Richard Conte, Sam Jaffe, Melville Cooper, and others. This is made almost like a documentary, and it plays nearly as one. My old prints of this film were shot long ago, and I had never seen a great print. This DVD went on sale for $5.99 and I couldn't resist. Film is about the 077th OSS secret brigade and their business in ferreting out a Nazi sympathizer and spy who is going through OSS school to find out when the "great invasion" is going to take place. Assuming that meant D-Day, it was a good time to watch the film, just a day or so past the anniversary of the event. Although structurally not well done, the acting and the rest is quite good, Cagney giving his standard great performance. Conte is equally good. Nice to see this again after so many years.