The Secret Column

Duration: 8 reels

Genre: Entertainment and Educational Features

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Credits: Cast: Frank Lawton, Anna Lee, Griffith Jones

Description: Based on the novel "FOUR JUST MEN" by Edgar Wallace. Starring Frank Lawton, Anna Lee and Griffith Jones. An up-to-the-minute story of the fight against the Fifth Column. A gigantic plot to sever the British Empire is discovered. When Allan Napier, as the treacherous member of parliament, refuses to disassociate himself from the company, he is killed and Mansfield impersonates him in the House in time to warn the nation. There is surprising sequence, good logic in development, and a grand climax. A mighty indictment against dictators, and subversive elements very timely.

Metadata Source:Ideal Pictures Corporation Motion Picture Catalog, 1940-1941