Adventures of Smilin' Jack: Held for Treason (1943)

Genres - Adventure  |   Sub-Genres - War Adventure, War Spy Film  |   Countries - United States  |  
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Synopsis by Hans J. Wollstein

With Captain Wing (Keye Luke) and Tommy (Edgar Barrier) stalling the Hawaiian police, Jack (Tom Brown), now unfairly accused of murdering Mah Ling (Cyril Delevanti), makes his escape from the derelict "Lorelei IV." Fraulein Von Teufel (Rose Hobart), meanwhile, accuses Blenker (David Hoffman) of killing Mah Ling instead of Jack. The latter, however, steals the incriminating phonograph records that were marked for destruction and blackmails the Fraulein into furnishing him with getaway funds. But when Blenker shows up at the hotel to collect the money, the Fraulein shoots him at point-blank range. The act is witnessed by Jack, who assumes that the woman he believes to be an American reporter killed a fleeing spy and merely accuses her of silencing an important informant. But the Fraulein instead turns her gun to at Jack, blaming him of having murdered Mah Ling. As a horrified Janet (Marjorie Lord) looks on, Von Teufel fires several shots in Jack's direction.

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