The Unwritten Code (1944)

The Unwritten Code is an offbeat betterthanaverage Columbia wartime B picture Though Ann Savage and Tom Neal are topbilled the central character is supportingactor Roland Varno He plays a Nazi spy who sneaks into the US hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners He fails but not until plenty of bullets have been spent The most interesting aspect of The Unwritten Code is the casting of Savage and Neal as the good characters in 1945 these two cult favorites would play the decidedly unsavory protagonists of the film noir classic Detour