''Teheran'' is a 1946 British-Italian
thriller film co-directed by
Giacomo Gentilomo and
William Freshman
William Freshman (1 November 1902, in Sydney, Australia – 1980 in London, England) was an Australian-born actor, scriptwriter and director. He moved to England as a child and worked in the British film industry, writing over 20 screenplays an ...
. It stars
Derek Farr
Derrick Capel Farr (7 February 191221 March 1986) was an English actor who appeared regularly in British films and television from 1938 until his death in 1986. His more famous roles include Group Captain John Whitworth in '' The Dam Busters' ...
as Pemberton Grant, a British intelligence officer who discovers a plot to assassinate the President of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt at the
Tehran Conference during the
Second World War. It also featured
Marta Labarr
Marta Labarr (born Martha Eugénie Claquin; 4 June 1912 – 30 June 1999) was a French-American singer and actress who appeared in 11 British and French films, usually as a leading lady. Her final film was the 1946 thriller ''Tehran'', playing o ...
,
Manning Whiley
Manning Hedges Whiley (23 January 191529 January 1975) was a British actor.
Partial filmography
* ''Trunk Crime'' (1939) - Bentley
* '' The Four Just Men'' (1939) - (uncredited)
* '' Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1940) - Muller
* '' Contraband'' (19 ...
and Pamela Stirling. It was also released under the
alternative titles ''Appointment in Persia'' and ''The Plot to Kill Roosevelt'' and ''Conspiracy in Teheran''.
It was shot at the
Scalera Studios in
Rome.
Plot
In 1943,
Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...
,
Stalin and
Roosevelt meet at the Tehran conference to agree plans for the Allied invasion of Eur