Rogues' Regiment (1948)

An American Intelligence Agent (Dick Powell) is on the trail of an escaped Nazi war criminal (Stephen McNally). It is believed he is in French Indochina and in the French Foreign Legion. Directed by Robert Florey (MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE), Stephen McNally's character is based on Martin Bormann whose whereabouts at the time were still unknown (his remains were not found and confirmed until 1973). The first American film to be set during the First Indochina War, it's surprisingly routine and often preposterous. Powell is in his noir-ish tough guy mode but his performance seems in a vacuum, removed from everybody else's. As a German (but passing as Dutch) arms dealer, Vincent Price is suitably oily and Marta Toren makes for a lovely if vacuous presence. A forgotten movie and justifiably so. With Carol Thurston, Philip Ahn and Richard Loo.