Under Secret Orders

Under Secret Orders
theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edmond T. Gréville
Produced by	Max Schach
Written by	Adaptation: Marcel Achard
Screenplay by	Ernest Betts Jacques Natanson
Story by	Georges Hereaux Irma von Cube
Starring	Erich von Stroheim John Loder Dita Parlo Claire Luce
Music by	Hans May
Cinematography	Alfred Black
Edited by	Ray Pitt
Production company	Grafton Films Trafalgar Film Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	December 1937 (UK) 1 July 1943 (US)
Running time	84 minutes 66 minutes (US)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Under Secret Orders, also known as Mademoiselle Doctor, is a 1937 British spy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Erich von Stroheim, John Loder, Dita Parlo and Claire Luce.^[1] It is an English-language version of the French film Mademoiselle Docteur, also known as Salonique, nid d'espions, and released in the United States as Street of Shadows, which was filmed at the same time under the direction of G. W. Pabst. Both films have exactly the same plot, but there were differences in the cast between the two: in particular, von Stroheim was not in the French version.^[2]

Plot

During the First World War, a female Doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence.

Cast

Erich von Stroheim as Col. W. Mathesius / Simonis John Loder as Lt. Peter Carr Dita Parlo as Dr. Anne-Marie Lesser Claire Luce as Gaby, Rene's girl Gyles Isham as Lt. Hans Hoffman Clifford Evans as Rene Condoyan John Abbott as Armand Anthony Holles as Mario

Edward Lexy as Carr's orderly Robert Nainby as French General Bryan Powley as Col. Burgoyne, French Secret Service Molly Hamley-Clifford as Madame Samuloi, Proprietor of the Blue Peacock Raymond Lovell as Col. von Steinberg Frederick Lloyd as Col. Marchand, Carr's boss Claude Horton as Captain Fitzmaurice

Cast notes:

• Stewart Granger appears in a small role

See also

• Stamboul Quest – 1934 American film starring Myrna Loy
• Mademoiselle Docteur (also known as Salonique, nid d’espions and Street of Shadows) – 1937 French film directed by G.W. Pabst
• Fräulein Doktor – 1969 film, an Italian/Yugoslavian co-production

References

Notes

1. BFI Database entry
2. Thames, Stephanie. "Stamboul Quest (1934)" (article) on TCM.com

External links

• Under Secret Orders at the Internet Movie Database
• Mademoiselle Docteur at AllMovie