# Another unknown movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 11, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-unknown-movie/22014 "2000-06-11T05:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-unknown-movie/22014/1 "2000-06-11T05:43:43Z")
I saw this one about ten years ago. Middle of the night, kids need to be fed, turn on a spy movie set in Sophia, Bulgaria (I think) in the early forties. Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre were pretty much the leads, maybe cashing in on “Casablanca.” And it was pretty good, so I want to see all of it. They made several movies together, but I can’t find this one in my references. ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-unknown-movie/22014/2 "2000-06-11T05:54:00Z")
I’ll take a guess, was it [The Conspirators?](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0036719) There’s a plot synopsis at [imdb.com](http://imdb.com). ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-unknown-movie/22014/3 "2000-06-11T06:45:16Z")
That’s a maybe, but I could swear it was in central Yurp some place. As I recall, Greenstreet and Lorre were spying for different countries, but still gracious. Of course, I could have hallucinated it. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-unknown-movie/22014/4 "2000-06-11T09:58:08Z")
I can find 8 films they were both in[ul]Conspirators [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0036719](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0036719) Hollywood Canteen [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0036922](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0036922) Mask of the Dimitrios [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0037055](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0037055) Passage to Marsailles [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0037166](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0037166) Background to Danger [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0035659](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0035659) In this our Life [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0034890](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0034890) Casablanca [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0034583](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0034583) Maltese Falcon [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0033870](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0033870) [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-unknown-movie/22014/5 "2000-06-11T13:43:56Z")
What you’re remembering is clearly not _Casablanca_, _The Maltese Falcon_, In This Our Life\_, or _Hollywood Canteen_. There are some resemblances between your description and each of the other four movies that bibliophage has listed, although none quite fits. Alas, it is far easier to misremember crucial details from movies that you haven’t seen for years than you might think. I know that I’ve done that. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-unknown-movie/22014/6 "2000-06-11T18:43:14Z")
It would be “Background to Danger.” Turkey, Bulgaria, what’s the difference? 😉 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-unknown-movie/22014/7 "2000-06-11T20:44:25Z")
That just reminded me of a sleepy little wartime flick that reunited Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Bogie, and director Huston of “Falcon” fame. It was called “Across the Pacific” although the film is actually about crossing the Isthmus of Panama on a Japanese cruise ship. Pretty good, if only for the personalities involved. Peter Lorre unfortunately didn’t show up in that one.