Counterblast

Counterblast

Counterblast

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Counterblast

1948

1h 39m

6.3(7 votes)

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Overview

An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned germ warfare.

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Acting

Robert Beatty

Dr. Paul Rankin

Robert Beatty

Acting

Mervyn Johns

Dr. Bruckner, the Beast of Ravensbruck

Mervyn Johns

Acting

Margaretta Scott

Sister 'Johnnie' Johnson

Margaretta Scott

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Nova Pilbeam

Tracy Heart

Nova Pilbeam

Acting

Sybilla Binder

Martha Lert

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Marie Lohr

Mrs. Cole

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Karl Stepanek

Professor Inman

Karl Stepanek

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Alan Wheatley

M. W. Kennedy

Alan Wheatley

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