Espionage Agent (1939)
- Directed by
- Lloyd Bacon
- Genre
- propaganda film, spy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Just before World War II, a man gets involved in uncovering a German spy ring in the United States. He works against both the spies and the American government's official neutrality policy.
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What happens
Espionage Agent is a pre–World War II spy melodrama produced by Hal B. Wallis in 1939. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Espionage Agent, like many Warner Bros. movies, clearly identifies the Germans as the enemy. This was unlike the policy of many other movie studios during this period that did not want to antagonize foreign governments. The film was released on September 22, 1939, the day after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Neutrality Act allowing "Cash and Carry" provisions for countries fighting Germany and a little over four months after the premiere of another Warner Bros. anti-Nazi film, Confessions of a Nazi Spy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Sabotage (1939)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.