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Spies of the Air( 1939)

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Overview

Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Barry K. Barnes

      Peter Thurloe

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      Joan Marion

      Dorothy Houghton

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      Roger Livesey

      Charles Houghton

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      Basil Radford

      Bill Madison

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      Everley Gregg

      Emily Madison

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      Felix Aylmer

      Col. Cairns

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      Wallace Douglas

      Agent Hooper

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      Henry Oscar

      Porter

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      John Turnbull

      Sir Andrew Hamilton

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      Edward Ashley

      Stuart

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      Santos Casani

      Foreigner

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      Hal Walters

      Kingswell

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      David Davies

      Detective (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jun 22 2022
    Not much to say about tis rather routine, short, pre-war espionage drama. Roger Livesey is an aeronautical engineer working with his team (Basil Bradford and Barry Barnes) on a top secret design for a test aircraft. Meantime Felix Aylmer ("Col. Cairns") is in charge of security and when he suspects the plans are being copied we have to try and suss out who the traitor is - and discover it's not just the nation that might be being betrayed. It's got an efficient script, the story doesn't hang about and there is some enjoyable aerial photography (interspersed with some rather fun toy aircraft-on-...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • test pilot