Espionage Agent

Director: Lloyd Bacon Lloyd Bacon

Overview

Unlike many another pre-WW II spy melodramas, Espionage Agent clearly identifies the villains as Germans. Joel McCrea plays Barry Corvall, the son of a recently deceased US diplomat. Boarding a Berlin-bound train, Corvall attempts to swipe a briefcase stuffed with documents which will prove that the Nazis have been infiltrating vital industrial centers in the United States. He is helped along by Brenda Ballard (Brenda Marshall), whose behavior suggests at times that she might not be all that trustworthy. According to the Warner Bros. publicity machine, Warren Duff's screenplay was based on actual events. Coming on the heels of the studio's Confessions of a Nazi Spy, Espionage Agent was indication enough that Warners had declared war on Germany long before President Roosevelt made it official.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/01/2018
UPC:	0888574657505
Original Release:	1939
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:23:00
Sales rank:	48,396

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Joel McCrea	Barry Corvall
Brenda Marshall	Brenda Ballard
Jeffrey Lynn	Lowell Warrington
George Bancroft	Dudley Garrett
Stanley Ridges	Hamilton Peyton
James Stephenson	Dr. Rader
Howard Hickman	Walter Forbes
Nana Bryant	Mrs. Corvall
Rudolph Anders	Paul Strawn
Hans von Twardowski	Dr. Helm,Dr. Helm
Addison Richards	Bruce Corvall
Edwin Stanley	Secretary of State
William Hopper	Student
Glenn Langan	Student
Lionel Royce	Hoffmeyer
Henry Victor	Foreign Official
Lucien Prival	Decker
Lloyd Ingraham	Woodrow Wilson
Chris-Pin Martin	Tunisian Guard
Stuart Holmes	American
John Harron	American
Fern Barry	American
Al Lloyd	American
Eddie Graham	American
Sally Sage	American
Alice Connors	American
Sarah Edwards	Woman
Loia Cheaney	Woman
Lottie Williams	Woman,Woman
Louis Adlon	Youth
Vera Lewis	Militant Woman
Dorothy Vaughan	Stout Woman
Sidney Bracey	Steward
Alex Melesh	Headwaiter
George Irving	Elderly Official
Emmett Vogan	Instructor
William Worthington	Instructor
Selmer Jackson	Instructor,Instructor
John Hamilton	Code Room Instructor
Rolf Lindau	Foreign Agent
Egon Brecher	Detective Larson
Nella Walker	Mrs. Peyton
Jean De Briac	Waiter
Henry von Zynda	Guard
Billy McClain	Manservant
Winifred Harris	Lady Ashford
Frederick Lindsley	Announcer
Eddie Acuff	Taxi Driver
Martin Kosleck	Karl Mullen
Granville Bates	Phineas T. O'Grady
Grace Hayle	Mrs. O'Grady
Arno Frey	Man
George Reeves	Warrington's secretary
Fredrik Vogeding	Man
Adolph Deutsch	Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Fessier

Warren Duff

Frank Donoghue

Lloyd Bacon	Director
Louis F. Edelman	Producer
Hal Wallis	Executive Producer
Michael Fessier	Screenwriter
Warren Duff	Screenwriter
Frank Donoghue	Screenwriter
Francis Scheid	Sound/Sound Designer