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Spy for a Day

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Wikipedia article




'Spy for a Day' is a 1940 British comedy thriller film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Douglas Wakefield, Paddy Browne and Jack Allen.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113233205/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/52447 BFI.org] The screenplay concerns a British farmer who is abducted by the Germans during World War I.

Premise



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.

Cast



* 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

References






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