Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW000024 Fiction |
Country / Year |
USA, 1943 |
Original Title |
Above Suspicion |
Other Title(s) |
Gefährliche Flitterwochen [TV] (German) |
Directed by |
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Produced by |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) (Loew's, Inc.), Culver City, CA (New York, NY) |
Staff |
Producer: Victor Saville; Associate producer: Leon Gordon; Assistent director: Bert Spurling; Script: Keith Winter (Nach dem Roman von Helen MacInnes), Melville Baker (Nach dem Roman von Helen MacInnes), Patricia Coleman (Nach dem Roman von Helen MacInnes); Based on: Helen MacInnes (Roman); Camera: Robert H. Planck; Special optical effects: Warren Newcombe; Editing: George Hively; Sound: Douglas Shearer; Sound recording: James K. Burbridge; Art direction: Randall Duell, Cedric Gibbons; Technical consultant: Felix Bernstein; Set decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt; Costumes: Irene (=Vorname), Gile Steele; Makeup: Isabel Dawn, Mel Berns (als: Mel, Berns); Haidressing: Mel Berns (als: Mel, Berns); Music: Bronislaw Kaper, Eric Zeisl |
Cast |
Joan Crawford (Frances Myles); Fred MacMurray (Richard Myles); Conrad Veidt (Count Hassert Seidel); Basil Rathbone (Count Sig von Aschenhausen); Reginald Owen (Dr. Mespelbrunn); Richard Ainley (Peter Galt); Cecil Cunningham (Countess von Aschenhausen); Ann Shoemaker (Frances' Aunt Ellen); Sara Haden (Frances' Aunt Hattie); Felix Bressart (Mr. A. Werner, Salzburg Bookseller); Bruce Lester (Thornley); Johanna Hofer (Frau Kleist, Salzburg Hotel Owner); Lotte Palfi (Ottilie); Alex Papana (Man in Paris); Rex Williams (Gestapo Leader); Kurt Neumann (als: Kurt Neuman) (Gestapo man); Hans von Morhart (Schmidt); William Yetter, Sr. (Hauptman at Itilian Border); Lionel Royce (Officer at border); Steven Geray (Anton the Woodcarver); William "Wee Willie" Davis (Hans); Lisa Golm (Frau Schultz); Ludwig Stoessel (als: Ludwig Stossel) (Herr Schultz, Innsbruck Forger); Ivan F. Simpson (Porter); Arthur Shields (Walmer Hotel Porter); Henry Glynn (Chauffeur); Eily Malyon ( Walmer Hotel Manageress); Matthew Boulton (Constable Jones); Marcelle Corday (Paris Maid); Frank Lackteen (Arab Vendor in Paris); Charles de Ravenne (Chasseur); Andre Charlot (Paris Cafe Manager); Frank Arnold (Poet); George Davis (Proprietor); Jack Chefe (Paris Coatroom Attendant); Felix Basch (Guide); Max Willenz (Waiter); Irene Seidner (German woman); Edit Angold (German Woman); Gretl Dupont (Barmaid); Gisela Werbiseck (Woman at Kleist's Hotel); Lisl Valetti (Nazi Girl); Paul Weigel (Elderly Man); Otto Reichow (Gestapo Voice / Gestapo in Opera Box); Frank Reicher (Col. Gerold); Peter Seal (Col. Gerold's Aide); Nicholas Vehr (Col. Gerold's Aide); Hans Wollenberger (Cook); Fred Giermann (German Border Guard); Henry Victor (German Officer); Julius Cramer (Gestapo Officer in Schultz's Laboratory); Ludwig Donath (Gestapo Officer in Schultz's Laboratory); John Van Eyck (Gestapo Officer in Bookstore); Ferdinand Schumann-Heink (Gestapo in Opera Box); Egon Brecher (Gestapo Official); Albert D'Arno (Gestapo Officer); John Rice (Gestapo Officer); Ernö Verebes (Gestapo Officer); Hans Fuerberg (Gestapo Officer); Walter O. Stahl (Policeman); Sam McCullough (Student); George Aldwin (Student); Peter Lawford (Student); Barry Heenan (Student); Edwin Mills (Student); Oliver Murdock (Student); Michael Chudley (Student); Horace Pressel (Student); David Lennox (Student); Harold Hensen (Student); Cliffe Oland (Student); Heather Thatcher (English Girl); Jean Prescott (English Girl); Frank Brand (German Boy); Anthony Caruso (Italian Border Sentry); Walter Bonn (German Guard); Frederick Bauer (German Boy); Steven Muller (German Boy); Sven-Hugo Borg (German Guard); Philip Van Zandt (Kurt) |
Length |
2483 m / 90'45' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Dates |
- 26 Apr 1943: Trade show, Los Angeles, CA |
Abstract |
This spy drama has newlyweds Frances and Richard Myles honeymooning in 1939 Germany but secretly acting as British agents to obtain details of a new Nazi weapon. There are clues and menacing creatures galore, from a torn page of a Liszt concerto to cryptic chessmen, from Sig von Aschenhausen, a sinister Gestapo chieftain tracking the pair, to Hassert Seidel, an underground leader aiding them. The honeymooners travel from Paris to Salzburg while under constant threat but are foiled by von Aschenhausen who imprisons Frances in a remote Bavarian castle; she is saved by Richard and British agents before divulging her secrets and the pair, after a harrowing chase to the border, finally escapes with the top secret information intact. |
Subject Terms |
Anti-Nazi films (US); Paris; Salzburg; Espionage |
Holdings |
- National Film and Television Archive (NFTA), London: 2483 m / 90'45'; 35mm |
Bibliography |
- MacInnes, Helen: Above Suspicion. New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1941 |