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The Unwritten Code

Directed by Herman Rotsten
1944    61m    Approved
6.3
The Unwritten Code is an offbeat, better-than-average Columbia wartime "B" picture. Though Ann Savage and Tom Neal are top-billed, the central character is supporting-actor Roland Varno. He plays a Nazi spy who sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not until plenty of bullets have been spent. The most interesting aspect of The Unwritten Code is the casting of Savage and Neal as the "good" characters: in 1945, these two cult favorites would play the decidedly unsavory protagonists of the film noir classic Detour.
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Cast of The Unwritten Code
  • Ann SavageMary Lee Norris
  • Tom NealSgt. Terry Hunter
  • Roland VarnoCpl. Karl Richter
  • Howard FreemanMr. Norris
  • Mary CurrierMrs. Norris
  • Bobby LarsonWillie Norris
  • Teddy InfuhrDutchy Schultz
  • Marie BlakeNurse (uncredited)
  • Blake EdwardsSwede (uncredited)
  • Morton LowryRoland Cheever (uncredited)
  • Philip Van ZandtUlrich, German Soldier (uncredited)
  • Otto ReichowHeinrich Krause (uncredited)
  • Holmes HerbertMcDowell (uncredited)
  • Theodore von EltzMajor Spencer (uncredited)
  • Fred EsslerSchultz (uncredited)
  • Knox ManningNarrator (uncredited)

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