I think you are referring to FIRST YANK IN TOKYO (RKO 1945) which was the first feature drama to incorporate A-bomb footage immediately after WWII. The plot was altered after news of the A-bomb so that the hero was spying to obtain nuclear information, just as THE HOUSE ON 92ND STREET made their Nazi spies chase 'the secret of the atomic bomb' when they released the completed movie only six weeks after VJ Day. On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Dandrade Kendall wrote: > September 6, 1995 > > TV Guide for this week lists a film with Bela Lugosi, BLACK DRAGONS. Their > description: "A Nazi surgeon is commissioned to transform six Japanese into > the likeness of American businessmen." 1942. > > There's another film from the war taking the opposite tack. A football hero, > and all-around all-American has plastic surgery to make himself look Japanese > in order to spy in (or around) Japan. With typical war-time self-sacrifice, > he gives up his girl with the remark that she could not stand to look at > someone who looked Japanese. Near the end he is recognized for the American > he really is because a Japanese recognizes his broken field running style. > If anyone can come up with the name of this picture, I would appreciate it. > Thanks. > > Kendall D'Andrade [log in to unmask] > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]