ID

FBW000992      Spielfilm

Land / Jahr

USA, 1939

Originaltitel

ESPIONAGE AGENT

Regie

Lloyd Bacon

Produktion

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA / New York, NY

Prod. / Stab

Executive Producer: Hal B. Wallis; Associate Producer: Louis F. Edelman; Dialogregie: Jo Graham; Drehbuch: Warren Duff, Michael Fessier, Frank Donaghue; Buchvorlage: Robert Buckner (based on the story "Career Man"); Kamera: Charles Rosher; Schnitt: Ralph Dawson; Ton: Francis J. Scheid; Bauten: Carl Jules Weyl; Kostüme: Milo Anderson; Masken: Perc Westmore; Musik: Adolph Deutsch; Musikalische Leitung: Leo F. Forbstein

Darsteller

Joel McCrea (Barry Corvall); Brenda Marshall (Brenda Ballard); Jeffrey Lynn (Lowell Warrington); George Bancroft (Dudley Garrett); Stanley Ridges (Hamilton Peyton); James Stephenson (Dr. Rader); Howard C. Hickman (Walter Forbes); Nana Bryant (Mrs. Corvall); Rudolf Amendt-Anders (als: Rudolf Anders) (Paul Strawn); Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (Dr. Helm); Lucien Prival (Decker); Addison Richards (Bruce Corvall); Edwin Stanley (Secretary of State); Granville Bates (Phineas T. O'Grady); Grace Hayle (Mrs. O'Grady); Egon Brecher (Detective Larson); Emmett Vogan (Instructor); William Hopper (Student); Glen Langan (Student); Lionel Royce (Hoffmeyer); Henry Victor (Foreign Official); Lloyd Ingraham (Woodrow Wilson); Chris-Pin Martin (Tunisian Guard); Stuart Holmes (American); Fern Barry (American); Al Lloyd (American); Eddie Graham (American); John Harron (American); Sally Sage (American); Alice Connors (American); Frederick Vogeding (Man); Arno Frey (Man); Sarah Edwards (Woman); Loia Cheaney (Woman); Lottie Williams (Woman); George Reeves (Warrington's Secretary); Louis Adlon (Youth); Vera Lewis (Militant Woman); Dorothy Vaughan (Stout Woman); Sidney Bracey (Steward); Alex Melesh (Headwaiter); George Irving (Elderly Official); William Worthington (Instructor); Selmer Jackson (Instructor); John Hamilton (Code Room Instructor); Rolf Lindau (Foreign Agent); Nella Walker (Mrs. Peyton); Jean De Briac (Waiter); Henry Zynda (Guard); Billy McClain (Manservant); Winifred Harris (Lady Ashford); Wolfgang Zilzer (als: John Voight); Frederick Lindsley (Announcer); Eddie Acuff (Taxi Driver)

Länge

83'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Zeitangaben

- 22.09.1939: US release date
- 25.03.1963: Erstaufführung, BRD, TV

Synopsis

Der Agent des amerikanischen Außenministeriums Barry Corvall tut sich mit Brenda Ballard zusammen, um aus einem Zug irgendwo in Europa Beweise für Nazi-Spionageaktivitäten in den USA zu stehlen.

Schlagworte

Antinazifilm (USA)

Verleih

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA / New York, NY (ursprünglich)

Literatur

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987