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Espionage (1937)

Espionage poster
Directed by
Kurt Neumann
Genre
drama film, spy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A spy thriller from the 1930s follows a group of international characters caught up in espionage and romance. The plot involves secret agents and double-crosses set against a European backdrop.

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What happens

Espionage is a 1937 American Proto-Noir, spy-film, adventure, drama, romance, comedy thriller film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Leonard Lee, Ainsworth Morgan and Manuel Seff, based on the 1935 West End play Espionage by Walter Hackett. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Madge Evans, Paul Lukas, Ketti Gallian, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, and Frank Reicher. The film was released February 26, 1937, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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