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The Secret Ways

5.2

Released April 01, 1961Runtime 1h 52min

On-the-spot realism!

Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist escape from Budapest.

Genres

Adventure

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Heath Productions

Universal International Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

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Cast

Richard WidmarkMichael Reynolds

Sonja ZiemannJulia

Charles RegnierThe Count

Walter RillaJancsi

Senta BergerElsa

Howard VernonColonel Hidas

Heinz MoogMinister Sakenov

Hubert von MeyerinckSheffler

Oskar WegrostekThe Fat Man

Stefan SchnabelBorder Official

Elisabeth Neumann-ViertelOlga

Helmut JanatschJanos

John HorsleyJon Brainbridge

Walter WilzPeter

Raoul RetzerSpecial Agent

Georg KöváryLanguage Professor

Ady BerberSandor

Jochen BrockmannThe Commandant

Brigitte BrunmüllerWaitress

Reinhard KolldehoffThe Count's Man

Rudolf RösnerThe Count's Man

Crew

Phil KarlsonDirector

André FarschAssistant Director

Herta FriedlContinuity

Erich von Stroheim Jr.Assistant Director

Alistair MacLeanNovel

Jean HazlewoodScreenplay

Richard WidmarkProducer

Euan LloydAssociate Producer

Georg von BlockProduction Manager

Herbert E. MendelsonProduction Manager

Edward MuhlExecutive In Charge Of Production

John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer

Mutz GreenbaumDirector of Photography

Aaron StellEditor

Werner SchlichtingArt Direction

Rudolf OhlschmidtMakeup Artist

Kurt SchwarzSound

Isabella SchlichtingArt Direction

Joseph GershensonMusic Supervisor

Bob SimmonsStunt Coordinator

Margarete PitterHairstylist

Peter AllworkCamera Operator

Leo BeiWardrobe Master

Tibor SimanyiTechnical Advisor

Ken BuckleStunts

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Reviews

Richard Widmark was quite good in these wartime gun-for-hire stories. In this one, he features well as the slightly smug American "Reynolds" who is drafted in by the Hungarian resistance to try and smuggle a renowned scientist from Soviet-occupied territory to the safety of Vienna. Upon arrival - p...