On Secret Service
MovieTitle | On Secret Service |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Dec 15, 1933 |
Genre | Drama, Romance, War |
Director | Arthur B. Woods |
Production country | US |
Production companies | British International Pictures |
Run time | 89 min. |
Greta Nissen stars as an Italian noblewoman living a dangerous double life as a spy. A remake of the celebrated German thriller Spione am Werk. Co-starring noted German actor Karl Ludwig Diehl and American matinee idol Don Alvarado. The film takes place in Vienna, 1912. When an Austrian staff officer is implicated by association with a known Italian spy he goes on the run. Three years later - as the Great War gets into full swing - he returns and begs the Austrian Secret Service to allow him to clear his name from suspicion.