Night People (1954)

In Berlin during the height of the "Cold War", a young American G.I. (Ted Avery) is abducted by the Soviets in West Berlin and taken to the Russian controlled East sector. Why he was kidnapped and what the Russians want for his return is only the beginning of an intense cat and mouse espionage thriller. It's a swift moving race against time nail biter. Gregory Peck effortlessly plays the Army investigator in charge of the case and trying to simultaneously juggle delicate dealings with the Soviets and the kidnapped boy's father (Broderick Crawford), a bull in a China shop determined to get his son back. One of the earliest CinemaScope efforts, the film was entirely filmed in Berlin with Charles G. Clarke (MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET) behind the camera. Nunally Johnson (THREE FACES OF EVE) directs the Oscar nominated script which manages to avoid the anti-Red propaganda which might have marred the film. With Anita Bjork (MISS JULIE), Rita Gam, Buddy Ebsen, Peter Van Eyck, Walter Abel, Marianne Koch and Jill Esmond.