Summary
Counter-Espionage is an American comedy romance film first released in 1942,
directed by Edward Dmytryk.
The film stars Warren William, Eric Blore, Hillary Brooke, Thurston Hall and Fred Kelsey.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Edward Dmytryk
- Script: Louis Joseph Vance, Aubrey Wisberg
- Photo: Philip Tannura
- Cast: Warren William (Michael Lanyard), Eric Blore (Jamison), Hillary Brooke (Pamela Hart), Thurston Hall (Insp. Crane), Fred Kelsey (Detective Wesley Dickens), Forrest Tucker (Anton Schugg), Matthew Boulton (Inspector J. Stephens), Kurt Katch (Gustav Soessel), Morton Lowry (Kurt Weil, alias Kent Wells), Leslie Denison (Harvey Leeds), Billy Bevan (George Barrow), Stanley Logan (Sir Stafford Hart), Tom Stevenson (Police Sergeant Hopkins), Lloyd Bridges (Waiter-Spy), Clyde Cook (Hot Chestnuts Huckster), Robert Hale (Newspaper Vendor), Eddie Hall (Bombing Fire Spectator), Keith Hitchcock (Air Warden Williams), Eddie Laughton (Heinrich, orchestra leader), Wilbur Mack (Man in Air Raid Shelter), Wyndham Standing (The Maitre-de), Wilhelm von Brincken (Von Ruhoff), Heather Wilde (Gertie Barrow), Eric Wilton (First Air Warden), William Yetter Sr. (German Telegrapher)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 73 min; B&W
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Comedy / Mystery / Romance / War


