Spy for a Day
| Spy for a Day | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mario Zampi |
| Written by | Story: Stacy Aumonier Screenplay: Ralph Block, Emeric Pressburger, Hans Wilhelm, Anatole de Grunwald |
| Produced by | Mario Zampi |
| Starring | Douglas Wakefield, Paddy Browne, Jack Allen |
| Cinematography | Bernard Knowles |
| Edited by | David Lean |
| Music by | Nicholas Brodszky |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Spy for a Day is a 1940 British comedy thriller film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Douglas Wakefield, Paddy Browne and Jack Allen.[1] During the First World War a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.
Cast
- Douglas Wakefield - Sam Gates
- Paddy Browne - Martha Clowes
- Jack Allen - Captain Bradshaw
- Albert Lieven - Captain Hausemann
- Nicholas Hannen - Colonel Pemberton
- Gibb McLaughlin - Colonel Ludwig
- Allan Jeayes - Colonel Roberts
- Alf Goddard - Sergeant Bryan
- George Hayes - Corporal Boehme
- Eliot Makeham - Trufit
- Hay Petrie - Britt
- O.B. Clarence - Medical Officer
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Categories:
- 1940 films
- 1940s comedy films
- 1940s spy films
- English-language films
- British films
- British comedy films
- British spy films
- British war films
- World War I spy films
- Films directed by Mario Zampi
- Screenplays by Anatole de Grunwald
- 1940s British film stubs
- 1940s comedy film stubs
- War film stubs
- British black-and-white films