
Feature film — 1933
On Secret Service (1933)
Greta Nissen stars as an Italian noblewoman living a dangerous double life as a spy. A remake of the celebrated German thriller Spione am Werk. Co-starring noted German actor Karl Ludwig Diehl and American matinee idol Don Alvarado. The film takes place in Vienna, 1912. When an Austrian staff officer is implicated by association with a known Italian spy he goes on the run. Three years later - as the Great War gets into full swing - he returns and begs the Austrian Secret Service to allow him to clear his name from suspicion.
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British International Pictures
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Director: Arthur B. Woods
On screen
Cast & crew

Greta Nissen
Marchesa Marcella Galdi

Karl Ludwig Diehl
Captain von Homberg

Don Alvarado
Conte Valenti

Lester Matthews
Coloneilo Romanelli

Esme Percy
Bleuntzli - Reporter

C.M. Hallard
Colonel von Waldmuller

Austin Trevor
Captain Larco

Cecil Ramage
Ermete Davila
Wallace Geoffrey
B-18
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