ID

FBW000021      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1942

Original Title

My Favorite Spy

Directed by

Tay Garnett

Produced by

RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum) Radio Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Harold Lloyd; Assistent director: James Anderson; Script: Sig Herzig, William Bowers; Based on: M. Coates Webster; Camera: Robert De Grasse; Special optical effects: Vernon L. Walker; Editing: Robert De Grasse, Desmond Marquette; Sound: Earl A. Wolcott; Art direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Set decoration: Darrell Silvera; Costumes: Edward Stevenson; Music: Roy Webb; Musical direction: Constantin Bakaleinikoff; Musical arrangements: George Duning; Musical accompaniment: Kay Kyser (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band), Harry Babbit (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band), M.A. Bogue (als: Ish Kabibble) (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band), Sully Mason (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band), Trudy Erwin (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band), Dorothy Dunn (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band); Songs: James Van Heusen; Lyrics: Johnny Burke

Cast

Kay Kyser (Himself); Ellen Drew (Terry Kyser); Jane Wyman (Connie); Robert Armstrong (Harry Robinson); Helen Westley (Aunt Jessie); William Demarest (Flower Pot Cop); Una O'Connor (Cora the Maid); Lionel Royce (Winters); Moroni Olson (Major Allen); George Cleveland (Gus); Vaughan Glaser (Colone Moffett); Hobart Cavanaugh (Jules); Chester Clute (Higgenbotham); Teddy Hart (Soldier); Harry Babbit (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band); M.A. Bogue (als: Ish Kabibble) (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band); Sully Mason (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band); Trudy Erwin (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band); Dorothy Dunn (Vocalist with Kay Kyser and his Band); Edmund Glover (Selvin); Selmer Jackson (Minister); Dorothy Phillips (Bit at Wedding); Hal K. Dawson (Eberle the Hotel Manager); Matt Moore (Desk Sergeant); Henry Roquemore (First Speaker); Earle Hodgins (Second Speaker); Charles Williams (Third Speaker); Sammy Stein (Marine); Larry Lawson (Marine); Bud Geary (Undercover Marine); Fred Graham (Jones, Undercover Marine); Bert Roach (Pedestrian in Park); Barbara Pepper ("Speedy", "B" Girl at Kellys Cafe); Frank Hagney (Bit in Kelly's); Sam Finn (Herman, Henchman); Dewey Robinson (Waiter at Kelly's Cafe); Murray Alper (Kay's First Taxi Driver); Harold Daniels (Madman); Bert Moorhouse (Wedding Guest); Ralph Sanford (Theater Cop); Edgar Dearing (Tagwriting Sergeant); Al Hill (Cooper); Louis Adlon (Lefty); Tony Merrill (Bit in Allen's Office); Harold Kruger (Jail Inmate); Stanley Blystone (Turnkey); Vince Barnett (Kay's Second Taxi Driver); Carli Elinor (Phillips); Jack Norton (Orchid Room Drunk); Roy Gordon (Maj. Updyke); William Ruhl (Maj. Allen's Friend); William Forrest (Captain); Pat Flaherty (Recruit); Robert Barber (Man in Park); Kit Guard (Henchman); Walter Reed (Nightclub Patron); John A. James (Recruit)

Length

86'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Famed bandleader Kay Kyser turns spy in this film. A spy ring hangs out in his club, and the Army chooses him to be the man to infiltrate.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

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