Code Name: Emerald
Code Name: Emerald (also known as Deep Cover) is a 1985 action-drama film about a spy for the Allies working undercover in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film was directed by Jonathan Sanger, and stars Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Eric Stoltz, and Patrick Stewart. It was the first theatrical film produced by NBC.
Plot
During World War II and a few months prior to the Normandy landings, Gus Lang, an Allied agent, is sent to occupied France in order to rescue an "overlord" captured by the Germans - one of the key people with intimate knowledge of when and where the D-Day invasion will actually occur. Several people will help him to succeed: a secret friend of the Allies, a vital German officer who is a highly placed mole, and the French resistance. The SS, however, will try to block their plans.
More details
| author | Ronald Bass |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | France |
| director | Jonathan Sanger |
| editor | Stu Linder |
| events | World War II |
| genre | action drama |
| keywords | act allied allies of world war ii ally arrest attack british intelligence capture cardiac arrhythmia cycle d-day disturb double agent e-boat first time french resistance fusag german army german officer gestapo heart condition how to kill killed in action land meet nazi germany normandy landings nothing occupied france omaha beach one night operation overlord operation quicksilver paint paris metro question radio operator rescue rule s.s. schutzstaffel search sleep deprivation solitary confinement stool pigeon talk think train carriage walk and talk |
| musicBy | John Addison |
| producer | Martin Starger |
| productionCompany | NBC Productions |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM United Artists |
| theme | action drama spy war |