Madame Spy is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Karl Freund and starring Fay Wray, Oscar Apfel, Edward Arnold and Nils Asther.[1] The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.[2][3][4] It is a remake of the 1932 film Under False Flag which was produced by Deutsche Universal, the German subsidiary of the studio, and was itself based on a novel of the same title by Max W. Kimmich.[5]
Plot
Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak, he vows revenge on his wife.
Cast
- Fay Wray as Marie Franck
- Oscar Apfel as Pahlke
- Edward Arnold as Schultz
- Nils Asther as Capt. Franck
- Vince Barnett as Peter
- Noah Beery, Sr. as Gen. Philipow
- A.S. 'Pop' Byron as Chemist
- Eddy Chandler as Austrian Officer
- Stephen Chase as Petroskie
- Robert Ellis as Sulkin
- Ruth Fallows as Lulu
- Henry Gerbil as Austrian aviator
- Robert Graves as Detective
- Herbert Holcombe as Orderly
- Jerry Jerome as Russian aviator
- Rollo Lloyd as Baum
- Adrienne Marden as Woman
- John Miljan as Weber
- Philip Morris as Russian officer
- Reinhold Pasch as Dumb guy
- Edward Peil, Sr. as Garage owner
- Werner Plack as Conductor
- Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as Cafe owner
- Albert J. Smith as Lackey
- David Torrence as Seerfeldt
- Anders Van Haden as Detective
- Douglas Walton as Karl
- Arthur Wanzer as Chemist
See also
- Under False Flag (1932)
References
- ^ "Thrilling Film Story Told in 'Madame Spy'" (The Tuscaloosa News, February 4, 1934, page thirteen)
- ^ "Madame Spy". Afi.com. 1933-11-07. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ M.H. (1934-02-10). "Movie Review - Madame Spy - Secret Agents". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ "Madame Spy (1934) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ Goble p.259
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- Madame Spy at IMDb