Diplomatic Courier (1952)

Director
Henry Hathaway

Main cast
Tyrone Power; Patricia Neal; Hildegard Knef; Karl Malden; Stephen McNally

Genres
Action

Description
A U.S. agent uses a State Department courier as a spy after Soviets kill his Salzburg contact.


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