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The Fallen Sparrow is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Wallace released in USA on 19 august 1943 with John Garfield
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
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Add to a movie listThe Fallen Sparrow is a 1943 spy film starring John Garfield, Maureen O'Hara, Patricia Morison and Walter Slezak. It is based on the novel of the same name by Dorothy B. Hughes. Its plot concerns an American who returns home to find out who murdered his friend.
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John "Kit" McKittrick (John Garfield) endured two years of brutal torture after being captured in the Spanish Civil War. However, he managed to withhold the vital information sought by his captors, particularly their leader, a never-seen Nazi with a limp. His lifelong friend, Louie Lepetino, arranged his escape. When Louie, a New York police lieutenant, dies under suspicious circumstances, Kit ends his convalescence in Arizona and returns to the city to investigate. At the end of the trip, he bumps into attractive fellow passenger Toni Donne (Maureen O'Hara).Actors
John Garfield
(John 'Kit' McKittrick)
Patricia Morison
(Barby Taviton)
Maureen O'Hara
(Toni Donne)
Walter Slezak
(Dr. Christian Skaas)
Martha O' Driscoll
(Whitney 'The Imp' Parker)
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