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O.S.S. (1946)
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by Universal Studios
Sales Rank: 10736
Price: $9.98
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Very good film with Alan Ladd as the head of his O.S.S. team dropped into Germany. Each one the team members do there part and each one pays dearly. The ending is a shocking twist! Buy This Film!
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The Office of Strategic Services, or OSS came into existence by Presidential order in June of 1942. This predecessor of the CIA replaced a variety of informal government groups that had no coordination or specific agenda. The OSS's original function was to gather strategic intelligence for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Starting in 1943, the OSS trained Nationalist Chinese troops. In the ETO, they managed to infiltrate German-occupied areas of France and even operated in Germany itself. President Truman disbanded the OSS in September '45 but replaced it the following January with the Central Intelligence Group.
SYNOPSIS for the film "O.S.S."--
In this episodic story, Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald are part of a trained team that parachutes into enemy-held France, where they spy and commit acts of sabotage. During "Operation Applejack," Ladd has doubts about his female partner's abilities, but she allays these by making friends with a German colonel. She hides a bomb in a sculpted bust of the officer and hops a train with it and him. What happens next? You'll have to see the movie to find out!
As of 12/08, "O.S.S." was not available on an American-made studio released DVD.
Just prior to this picture, Alan Ladd appeared in George Marshall's excellent film noir, THE BLUE DAHLIA, which was scripted by Raymond Chandler. Ladd's co-stars here are Veronica Lake, William Bendix and Howard Da Silva. (VHS only)
Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film resource website.
(7.0) O.S.S. (1946) - Alan Ladd/Geraldine Fitzgerald/Patric Knowles/John Hoyt/Gloria Saunders/Richaed Webb/Richard Benedict/Don Beddoe/Bobby Driscoll (uncredited: John Dehner)
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