# Underground Agent

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{{short description|1942 film by Michael Gordon}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Underground Agent
| image          = Underground Agent poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Michael Gordon](/source/Michael_Gordon_(film_director))
| writer         = [J. Robert Bren](/source/J._Robert_Bren), [Gladys Atwater](/source/Gladys_Atwater)
| based_on       = 
| starring       = [Bruce Bennett](/source/Bruce_Bennett), [Leslie Brooks](/source/Leslie_Brooks), [Frank Albertson](/source/Frank_Albertson), [Julian Rivero](/source/Julian_Rivero)
| cinematography = [L. William O'Connell](/source/L._William_O'Connell)
| editing        = Arthur Seid
| producer       = [Sam White](/source/Sam_White_(film_producer))
| distributor    = [Columbia Pictures](/source/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](/source/drama_film) directed by [Michael Gordon](/source/Michael_Gordon_(film_director)) and starring [Bruce Bennett](/source/Bruce_Bennett), [Leslie Brooks](/source/Leslie_Brooks), [Frank Albertson](/source/Frank_Albertson), and [Julian Rivero](/source/Julian_Rivero).<ref>{{cite web |title=Underground Agent (1942) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/uk/film897022.html |website=[FilmAffinity](/source/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](/source/Letterboxd) |access-date=16 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The film was released by [Columbia Pictures](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/McFarland_%26_Company) |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](/source/Bruce_Bennett) as Lee Graham
*[Leslie Brooks](/source/Leslie_Brooks) as Ann Carter
*[Frank Albertson](/source/Frank_Albertson) as Johnny Davis
*[Julian Rivero](/source/Julian_Rivero) as Miguel Gonzales
*[George McKay](/source/George_McKay_(actor)) as Pete Dugan
*[Rhys Williams](/source/Rhys_Williams_(Welsh-American_actor)) as Henry Miller
*[Henry Victor](/source/Henry_Victor) as Johann Schrode
*[Addison Richards](/source/Addison_Richards) as George Martin
*[Rosina Galli](/source/Rosina_Galli_(actress)) as Maria Gonzales
*[Leonard Strong](/source/Leonard_Strong_(actor)) as Count Akiri
*[Hans Conried](/source/Hans_Conried) as Hugo

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{AFI film|27538|Underground Agent}}
* {{IMDb title|0035488|Underground Agent}}

{{Michael Gordon}}

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

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