{{short description|1942 film by Michael Gordon}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Underground Agent | image = Underground Agent poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Michael Gordon | writer = J. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater | based_on = | starring = Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson, Julian Rivero | cinematography = L. William O'Connell | editing = Arthur Seid | producer = Sam White | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1942|12|03}} | runtime = 66 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Underground Agent''''' is a 1942 American drama film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson, and Julian Rivero.<ref>{{cite web |title=Underground Agent (1942) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/uk/film897022.html |website=FilmAffinity |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Underground Agent (1942) |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/underground-agent/ |website=Letterboxd |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The film was released by Columbia Pictures.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cripps |first1=Thomas |title=Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era |date=1993 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195076691 |page=[https://archive.org/details/makingmoviesblac0000crip/page/322 322] |url=https://archive.org/details/makingmoviesblac0000crip |url-access=registration |quote=Underground Agent (1942 film). |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rollins |first1=Peter C. |title=The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past |date=2004 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=9780231508391 |page=135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iAMb9q7cqAgC&pg=PA135 |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=III |first1=Harris M. Lentz |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786434817 |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3zGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA29 |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
==Plot== Two U.S. government agents (Bruce Bennett and Frank Albertson) are assigned to prevent Nazi spies involved in an eavesdropping scheme from infiltrating into a Southern California war-defense plant. To help them in their venture, one of the agents invents an ingenious word-scrambler that eventually leads them to the German spies.
==Cast== *Bruce Bennett as Lee Graham *Leslie Brooks as Ann Carter *Frank Albertson as Johnny Davis *Julian Rivero as Miguel Gonzales *George McKay as Pete Dugan *Rhys Williams as Henry Miller *Henry Victor as Johann Schrode *Addison Richards as George Martin *Rosina Galli as Maria Gonzales *Leonard Strong as Count Akiri *Hans Conried as Hugo
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{AFI film|27538|Underground Agent}} * {{IMDb title|0035488|Underground Agent}}
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Category:1942 drama films Category:1942 films Category:Columbia Pictures films Category:Films directed by Michael Gordon Category:American drama films Category:1942 American films