| Spy for a Day | |
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| 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 |
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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] The screenplay concerns a British farmer who is abducted by the Germans during World War I.
During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.
- Douglas Wakefield as Sam Gates
- Paddy Browne as Martha Clowes
- Jack Allen as Captain Bradshaw
- Albert Lieven as Captain Hausemann
- Nicholas Hannen as Colonel Pemberton
- Gibb McLaughlin as Colonel Ludwig
- Allan Jeayes as Colonel Roberts
- Alf Goddard as Sergeant Bryan
- George Hayes as Corporal Boehme
- Eliot Makeham as Trufit
- Hay Petrie as Britt
- O. B. Clarence as Medical Officer
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- 1940s spy comedy films
- British comedy thriller films
- British spy comedy films
- British war comedy films
- World War I spy films
- Films directed by Mario Zampi
- Films with screenplays by Anatole de Grunwald
- British black-and-white films
- 1940s comedy thriller films
- 1940s war comedy films
- 1940 comedy films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s British films
- Films scored by Nicholas Brodszky
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| Spy for a Day | |
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| 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 |
|
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] The screenplay concerns a British farmer who is abducted by the Germans during World War I.
During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.
- Douglas Wakefield as Sam Gates
- Paddy Browne as Martha Clowes
- Jack Allen as Captain Bradshaw
- Albert Lieven as Captain Hausemann
- Nicholas Hannen as Colonel Pemberton
- Gibb McLaughlin as Colonel Ludwig
- Allan Jeayes as Colonel Roberts
- Alf Goddard as Sergeant Bryan
- George Hayes as Corporal Boehme
- Eliot Makeham as Trufit
- Hay Petrie as Britt
- O. B. Clarence as Medical Officer
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| This article related to a British comedy film of the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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| This article about a film on World War I is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1940 films
- 1940s spy comedy films
- British comedy thriller films
- British spy comedy films
- British war comedy films
- World War I spy films
- Films directed by Mario Zampi
- Films with screenplays by Anatole de Grunwald
- British black-and-white films
- 1940s comedy thriller films
- 1940s war comedy films
- 1940 comedy films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s British films
- Films scored by Nicholas Brodszky
- English-language comedy thriller films
- 1940s British comedy film stubs
- World War I film stubs