''Under Secret Orders'' is a 1933 American thriller film directed by

Sam Newfield Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld, (December 6, 1899 - November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with d ...

and starring

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, Nina Quartero and

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. It was produced on Poverty Row by the independent producer Willis Kent.Pitts p.287 In Britain it was released by

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Synopsis

Henry Ames, a San Francisco bank employee, is entrusted with valuable bonds to take to an important client in Central America. On board ship, a revolutionary organization plans to steal the bonds in order to buy weapons and overthrow the government. When the bonds go missing, Ames fears the worst.

Cast

as Henry Ames * J. Farrell MacDonald as John Burke * Nina Quartero as Carmencita Alverez *

as Jane Lawrence * Don Alvarado as Don Frederico *

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as Franklyn Lawrence * Matthew Betz as Senor Cevallos

References

Bibliography

* Fetrow, Alan G. ''Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1992. * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1933 films 1930s thriller films American thriller films Films directed by Sam Newfield American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-thriller-film-stub