5 Fingers (1952)
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Based on a true story, 5 Fingers stars James Mason as a man known to his superiors only as Cicero. Ostensibly the valet of the British ambassador to Ankara during World War II, Cicero is actually a Nazi agent. He holds no particular political viewpoint: the Nazis offered the best price, so for the… More Based on a true story, 5 Fingers stars James Mason as a man known to his superiors only as Cicero. Ostensibly the valet of the British ambassador to Ankara during World War II, Cicero is actually a Nazi agent. He holds no particular political viewpoint: the Nazis offered the best price, so for the time being he is loyal to them. Falling in love with the beautiful Danielle Darrieux, Cicero uses her home as a contact point to meet his German associates. At great personal risk, Cicero secures secret British war files and smuggles them to the Germans; they find the information in the files too far-fetched to be taken seriously--and thus are caught unawares on the morning of the D-Day invasion. An ironic coda finds Cicero, setting himself up in luxury in Rio de Janeiro, double-crossed by both Darrieux and the Germans. What else can he do but laugh uproariously? 5 Fingers, based on the memoirs of the real-life "Cicero" L. C. Moyzisch, was adapted into a 1959 TV series, wherein the antihero was converted into a 100% good guy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Written By
- L.C. Moyzisch, Michael Wilson, Michael Henry Wilson
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 22, 1952 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Laura Clifford, Reeling Reviews
This espionage thriller noir keeps us guessing as to who will betray trust to cash in his chips and Mankiewicz features some tense sequences, the highlight of which is Diello's attempted last score, almost undone by a cleaning lady...
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Mankiewicz's sharply observed Oscar-nominated espionage thriller is superlatively played by James Mason in the lead role of Cicero, the smart spy who operated within the British embassy in Turkey during WWII.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Mason's chilling performance makes the film a special treat.
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Cast
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James Mason
as Diello aka "Cicero"
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Danielle Darrieux
as Anna
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Michael Rennie
as George Travers
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Oscar Karlweis
as Moyzisch
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Herbert Berghof
as Col. von Richter
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Walter Hampden
as Sir Frederic
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John Wengraf
as Von Papen
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Hannelore Axman
as Von Papen's Secretary
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Marc Snow
as Banker
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John Sutton
as Narrator
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Ivan Triesault
as Steuben
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Otto Waldis
as Pullman Porter
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David Wolfe
as Da Costa
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Lawrence Dobkin
as Santos
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Eghiche Harout
as Man
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Stanley Logan
as MPs
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Michael Pate
as Morrison
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A. Ben Astar
as Siebert
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Konstantin Shayne
as Proprietor
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Roger Plowden
as MacFadden
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Salvador Baguez
as Ship's Captain
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Antonio Filauri
as Italian Ambassador
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Martin Garralaga
as Butler
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Stuart Hall
as British Military Attache
- Lumsden Hare
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Richard Loo
as Japanese Ambassador
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Lester Matthews
as Under Secretary
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Keith McConnell
as Johnson
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Alberto Morin
as Butler
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Leo Mostovoy
as Spectator
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Nestor Paiva
as Turkish Ambassador
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Faith Kruger
as German Singer
- Oskar Karlweis
