I Was An American Spy

1951

I Was An American Spy

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Ann Dvorak delivers a bravura performance in Allied Artists' I Was an American Spy. Dvorak portrays real-life American heroine Claire Phillips, who after her husband perishes in the Bataan death march offers to work as an espionage agent on behalf of the U.S. army. She poses as an Italian nightclub owner and sets up shop in Japanese-occupied Manila. In this guise, she provides invaluable information to her American contact (Gene Evans). Eventually found out, Mrs. Phillips is subjected to the most heinous forms of torture, then sentenced to death by firing squad. It is giving nothing away to reveal that, at war's end, Claire Phillips received the Freedom Medal from her grateful government. Film connoisseurs consider I Was an American Spy to be the best non-western effort from director Lesley Selander.

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Cast

Ann Dvorak
as Mrs. Claire 'High Pockets' Phillips
Douglas Kennedy
as Sgt. John Phillips
Richard Loo
as Col. Masamato
Gene Evans
as Cpl. John Boone
Leon Lontoc
as Pacio
Chabing
as Lolita
Philip Ahn
as Capt. Arito
Marya Marco
as Fely
Nadene Ashdown
as Dian
Lisa Ferraday
as Dorothy
Howard Chuman
as Kamuri
Fred Revelala
as Zig Zag
James B. Leong
as Ho Sang
Leo Abbey
as Torres
Escolastico Baucin
as Memerto
Toshi Nakaki
as Japanese Guard
Jerry Fujikawa
as Japanese Guard
Weaver Levy
as Japanese Guard
Celeste Madamba
as Pressa
Andres Lucas
as Siggy
Frank Jenks
as Mac
Gil Herman
as Lieutenant
George Fields
as Harmonica Player
Dennis Moore
as Sgt. Borden
Lai Kei Chung
as Newsboy
Richard H. Bartlett
as American Soldier
Riley Hill
as Thompson
Kane Nakano
as Advance Guard
Lane Nakano
as Advance Guard
Bret Hamilton
as GI
Eddie Lee
as Japanese MP
Remedos Jacobe
as Clerk
William Yip
as Gen. Saito
William Yakota
as Admiral
Frank Iwanaga
as Submarine Officer
Sun Li
as Japanese Soldier
Harold Fong
as Japanese Lieutenant
Artarne Wong
as Japanese MP
Harry Hamada
as Japanese Lieutenant
Lane Bradford
as Driver
John Damler
as Soldier
Jack Reynolds
as US Sergeant
Ángel de la Cruz
as Mashito
William Tannen
as US Army Captain
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