The head of the U.S. Government’s Cipher Bureau (Leon Ames) and his skilled crew of assistants battle foreign agents. But matters get complicated when spies use a femme fatale (Joan Woodbury) to target his brother Paul (Don Dillaway). Will the official be able to foil a plot aimed at stealing important papers, a plot that will also disgrace his brother? Though the specifics are quite different, this movie did remind me a bit of the 1936 Universal film Postal Inspector, with a government agent doing his job and a brother getting mixed up in the goings-on. Gustav von Seyffertitz has a good part as one of the spies, and Charlotte Wynters does well as the Cipher Bureau chief’s efficient secretary.

  Mildly recommended. Otto judiciously thinks this movie is OK, but not great.

Movie 102 for 2021.