Under Secret Orders (1933 film)

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Under Secret Orders
Directed by Sam Newfield
Written byEustace L. Adams
Produced by Willis Kent
Starring Don Dillaway
Nina Quartero
Phyllis Barrington
Cinematography Jules Cronjager
Edited by Walter A. Thompson
Production
company
Distributed byProgressive Pictures
Butcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date
December 6, 1933
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Under Secret Orders is a 1933 American thriller film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Don Dillaway, Nina Quartero and Phyllis Barrington. It was produced on Poverty Row by the independent producer Willis Kent. [1] In Britain it was released by Butcher's Film Service.

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Plot

Henry Ames, a San Francisco bank employee, is entrusted with valuable bonds to take to an important client in Central America. On board ship, a revolutionary organization plans to steal the bonds in order to buy weapons and overthrow the government. When the bonds go missing, Ames fears the worst.

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  1. Pitts p.287

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