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| Captain Carey, U.S.A. | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mitchell Leisen |
| Produced by | Richard Maibaum |
| Written by | Martha Albrand (novel) Robert Thoeren |
| Starring | Alan Ladd Wanda Hendrix Francis Lederer |
| Music by | Hugo Friedhofer |
| Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
| Editing by | Alma Macrorie |
| Studio | Paramount Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 21, 1950 |
| Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Captain Carey, U.S.A. is a 1950 drama film starring Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, and Francis Lederer. An American returns to post-World War II Italy to bring a traitor to justice.
The film was based on the novel No Surrender by Martha Albrand. It was filmed under the title O.S.S. and then the title After Midnight.[1]
The theme song, "Mona Lisa" sung by Nat King Cole, won the Academy Award for Best Song.
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[edit] Plot
A group of agents of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (a forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency) is sent to Italy during World War II to knock out the German-held Italian railroad system. In accomplishing this mission, most of them are killed because of an inside betrayal.
After the war, one of the survivors, Captain Webster Carey (Alan Ladd), resolves to find the traitor. Captain Carey returns to Orta, near Milan, to find out who betrayed his World War II O.S.S. team and caused the deaths of several villagers. Much to his surprise, his old love Giulia (Wanda Hendrix), whom he thought dead at the hands of the Nazis, is alive and married to a powerful Italian nobleman, Barone Rocco de Graffi (Francis Lederer). The villagers are unfriendly, but Carey persists in his clandestine efforts to flush out the traitor.
[edit] Cast
- Alan Ladd as Captain Webster Carey
- Wanda Hendrix as Baronessa Giulia de Graffi
- Francis Lederer as Barone Rocco de Graffi
- Joseph Calleia as Dr. Lunati
- Celia Lovsky as Countess Francesca de Cresci
- Richard Avonde as Count Carlo de Cresci
- Frank Puglia as Luigi
- Luis Alberni as Sandro
- Angela Clarke as Serafina
- Roland Winters as Manfredo Acuto
- Paul Lees as Frank
- Jane Nigh as Nancy
- Russ Tamblyn as Pietro (as Rusty Tamblyn)
- Virginia Farmer as Angelina
- David Leonard as Blind Musician
[edit] References
- ^ Peter J. Levinson, September in the Rain, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zG-UYr7vBb4C&pg=PA79
[edit] External links
- Captain Carey, U.S.A. at the Internet Movie Database
- Captain Carey, U.S.A. at the TCM Movie Database
