State Secret

aka The Great Manhunt

Poster of State Secret

Adventure sweeping across a continent!

Synopsis

State Secret (1950) centers on a visiting American doctor summoned to a fictional Eastern European country to perform emergency surgery on its authoritarian leader. As the dictator dies following the operation and government officials replace him with a double to conceal the truth before national elections, the surgeon is pursued across the country by secret police determined to silence him before he escapes. This British political thriller examines authoritarian control and survival within a paranoid postwar landscape, as authorities tighten their pursuit, with state corruption, political deception, and relentless manhunts.

Selected disc options for State Secret

Extras
Network box art
Network BD-B/UK/OOP 2021
Those British Faces: “A Tribute to Jack Hawkins 1910-1973” (TV Episode, 1993, 26:37) has extra
Secret Publicity - Interview with Publicity Director Forbes Taylor (24:54) has extra
Alternate US Opening Title Sequence as “The Great Manhunt” (7:47) has extra
Stills Gallery (2:17) has extra
Campaign Sheet (PDF) has extra

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