“I’m going to be bumped off if I decode that message or not. So I’m not going to do it.” — Lt. Bill Gordon
When World War I cryptologists are called upon to help the United States and Britain protect their ships’ locations from the lurking danger of German submarines, Washington, DC newspaperman-turned-codebreaker, Lieutenant William Gordon, lands in the line of fire. In his attempts to find a stolen code book, Gordon must handle a ring of German spies, an assassination, and an attractive military mistress with sinister intentions. Starring the always dapper William Powell as Lt. Gordon, and the charismatic Rosalind Russell as his interfering love interest, Rendezvous dazzles with both mystery and humor. After the screening of this seldom seen 1935 gem, David Kahn, the world’s leading expert in the history of cryptology and author of The Codebreakers, will discuss the historical basis for this romanticized account of high stakes World War I codebreaking.
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