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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2016}} {{Use British English\|date=April 2016}} {{For\|the earlier film\|Under Secret Orders (1933 film)}} {{Infobox film \| name = Under Secret Orders \| image = Under Secret Orders poster.jpg \| ~~image_size~~caption = ~~225px~~Theatrical release poster ~~\| caption = theatrical release poster~~ \| director = [[Edmond T. Gréville]] \| producer = [[Max Schach]] Line 25: }} '''''Under Secret Orders''''', also known as '''''Mademoiselle Doctor''''', is a 1937 ~~[[Cinema of the United Kingdom\|~~British]] [[spy film]] directed by [[Edmond T. Gréville]] and starring [[Erich von Stroheim]], [[John Loder (actor)\|John Loder]], [[Dita Parlo]] and [[Claire Luce]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114012541/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/271226 BFI Database entry]</ref> It is an English-language version of the French film ''Mademoiselle Docteur'', also known as ''Salonique, nid d'espions'', and released in the United States as ''[[Street of Shadows (1937 film)\|Street of Shadows]]'', which was filmed at the same time under the direction of [[G. W. Pabst]]. Both films have exactly the same plot, but there were differences in the cast between the two: in particular, von Stroheim was not in the French version.<ref name=tcmartquest>Thames, Stephanie. [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3181/Stamboul-Quest/articles.html "Stamboul Quest (1934)" (article)] on [[TCM.com]]</ref> ==~~Plot~~Premise== During the [[First World War]], a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence. ==Cast== ~~{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}~~ * [[Erich von Stroheim]] as Col. W. Mathesius / Simonis * [[John Loder (actor)\|John Loder]] as Lt. Peter Carr Line 38 ⟶ 37: * [[Gyles Isham]] as Lt. Hans Hoffman * [[Clifford Evans (actor)\|Clifford Evans]] as Rene Condoyan * [[John Abbott (actor~~, born 1905~~)\|John Abbott]] as Armand * [[Anthony Holles (actor)\|Anthony Holles]] as Mario ~~{{col-break\|gap=4em}}~~ * [[Edward Lexy]] as Carr's orderly * [[Robert Nainby]] as French General Line 46 ⟶ 44: * [[Molly Hamley-Clifford]] as Madame Samuloi, Proprietor of the Blue Peacock * [[Raymond Lovell]] as Col. von Steinberg * [[Frederick Lloyd (actor)\|Frederick Lloyd]] as Col. Marchand, Carr's boss * Claude Horton as Captain Fitzmaurice ~~{{col-end}}~~ '''Cast notes:''' * [[Stewart Granger]] appears in a small role ==Reception== Writing for ''[[Night and Day (magazine)\|Night and Day]]'' in 1937, [[Graham Greene]] gave the film a poor review, summarizing it as more movie than cinema. Greene described the writing as "a really shocking script, with childish continuity" and criticized the dialogue as "it ambles flatly along".<ref>{{cite journal \|last= Greene\|first= Graham\|author-link= Graham Greene\|date= 16 December 1937\|title= Monica and Martin/Mademoiselle Docteur/Eastern Valley\|journal= [[Night and Day (magazine)\|Night and Day]]}} (reprinted in: {{cite book \|editor-last= Taylor\|editor-first= John Russell \|editor-link= John Russell Taylor\|date= 1980\|title= The Pleasure Dome\|publisher= Oxford University Press\|page= 186\|isbn=0192812866}})</ref> ==See also== Line 59: ==References== ~~'''Notes'''~~ {{reflist}} Line 65 ⟶ 64: {{IMDb title\|0030397}} {{amg title\|100876\|Mademoiselle Docteur}} {{Edmond T. Gréville}} <!--spacing--> {{1930s-UK-film-stub}}▼ [[Category:1937 films]] [[Category:British spy thriller films]] [[Category:British spy films]]▼ [[Category:1930s thriller films]]▼ [[Category:English-language films]]▼ [[Category:Films directed by Edmond T. Gréville]] [[Category:World War I spy films]] [[Category:~~Multilingual~~British multilingual films]] [[Category:British black-and-white films]] [[Category:1937 multilingual films]] ▲[[Category:1930s English-language films]] ▲[[Category:~~British~~1930s ~~spy~~British films]] ▲[[Category:1930s spy thriller films]] [[Category:Films scored by Hans May]] ▲{{1930s-UK-film-stub}}