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Movie
Rendezvous
Synopsis
This espionage thriller with romantic comedy touches was loosely based on the book American Black Chamber by the real-life head of the U.S. Secret Service during World War I, Herbert O. Yardley. Bill Gordon (William Powell) is a newspaper puzzle editor who becomes a lieutenant in 1917 when he enlists to fight in the First World War. Before shipping out, Bill meets and becomes attracted to Joel Carter (Rosalind Russell), the niece of John Carter (Samuel Hinds), the Assistant Secretary of War. When Joel learns about Bill's former occupation, she arranges for his transfer to the War Department, where he is put to work code breaking for Major Brennan (Lionel Atwill). When Brennan is murdered as the result of a German-Russian spy ring's machinations, Bill investigates the spies and a comely secret agent (Bonnie Barnes), which jeopardizes his newfound romance with Joel. Russell received the role because MGM's first choice, Myrna Loy, was refusing to work for the studio at the time.
Cast
- William Powell
- Rosalind Russell
- Binnie Barnes
- Lionel Atwill
- César Romero
- Samuel S. Hinds
- Henry Stephenson
- Frank Reicher
- Charley Grapewin
- Charles Grapewin
- Leonard Mudie
- Howard Hickman
- Charles Trowbridge
- Margaret Dumont
- Sid Silvers
- Eileen O'Malley
- Murray Kinnell
- Bert Moorhouse
- Blair Davies
- Cyril Ring
- Al Bridge
- Rollo Dix
- Earl Eby
- James P. Burtis
- Henry Mowbray
- Lowden Adams
- Winter Hall
- Sherry Hall
- Johnny Arthur
- Leonid Snegoff
- Jack Hatfield
- William Stack
- Bob Perry
- Richard Powell
- Sam McDaniel
- James Burtis
- James Flavin
- Edgar Dearing
- Arno Frey
- Alan Bridge
- John Harmon
- Lee Phelps
- Harry 'Zoop' Welch
- Morgan Wallace
- Monte Vandergrift
- Rudolph Anders
- Sam Ash
- Sidney Bracey
- Frank Lackteen
- Charles Coleman
- Wally Maher
- Harry C. Bradley
- Lee Kohlmar
- Tom Dugan
- Guy Usher
- Milburn Stone
- Theodore von Eltz
- William V. Mong
- Edward Earle
- Gino Corrado
- Belle Mitchell
- Lynton Brent
- Larry Steers
- David Burns
- Frank O'Connor
- Sterling Holloway
- Sam Spewack
- P.J. Wolfson
- Hugh Wynn
- William H. Daniels
- George Oppenheimer
- Bella Spewack