Hidden Enemy

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Hidden Enemy
Hidden Enemy.jpg
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Edited by
Music by Edward J. Kay
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
January 20, 1940
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hidden Enemy is a 1940 American thriller film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Warren Hull, Kay Linaker and Wilhelm von Brincken. [1]

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Synopsis

A newspaper reporter encounters a gang of German spies attempting to steal industrial secrets.

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References

  1. McCarty p.159

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