Leon Ames
Maj. Philip Waring
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Cipher Bureau: Directed by Charles Lamont. With Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway. The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
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- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Charles Lamont
- 1938-10-26
Cipher Bureau is a 1938 American film directed by Charles Lamont. The film was successful enough to elicit a sequel, Panama Patrol. Plot. Philip Waring, the head of a listening agency in Washington D.C., is dedicated to breaking up a foreign radio-spy ring. He enlists his naval-officer brother and tangles with beautiful spies. Cast
The Black Chamber, officially the Cable and Telegraph Section and also known as the Cipher Bureau, [clarification needed] was the first peacetime cryptanalytic organization in the United States, operating from 1917 to 1929.
Aug 20, 2021 · The Cipher Bureau is best known for its work during the Washington Conference of 1921-22 and the resultant Five-Power Naval Treaty. This gathering was an attempt to limit the size of postwar navies and thus head off an international arms race.
Philip Waring, head of the Cipher Bureau, is trying to break up a Washington spy ring which is transmitting radio messages in code. Philip discovers some of their code books in an unsuccessful raid, but ringleaders Simon Herrick and Albert Grood elude him.
- Charles Lamont, Clem Jones, Ralph Slosser
- Leon Ames
The Cipher Bureau track down foreign spies endeavouring to smuggle out of the USA photographs of a blueprint for an advanced naval vessel. Major Philip Waring of the Bureau and his assistant Helen Lane and other staff use their cryptography skills to break the enemy codes and capture the villains.
Jun 21, 2019 · The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent. Director: Charles Lamont. Stars: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Tenen Holtz, Walter Bonn, Si Wills, George Lynn, Jason Robards Sr., Sidney Miller, Hooper ...
