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A Mission for Mr. Dodd
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Wikipedia article
'A Mission for Mr. Dodd' is a 1964 West German comedy film directed by Gnter Grwert and starring Heinz Rhmann, Maria Sebaldt and Robert Graf.Bock & Bergfelder p.5 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willy Schatz and Robert Stratil. It is based on the 1962 hit West End play 'Out of Bounds' by Arthur Watkyn.
Synopsis
In order to penetrate a ring of East European agents who have been stealing military secrets, British intelligence recruits a headmaster who is the exact doppelganger of one of the foreign spies to take his place at meeting. Soon he is deeply caught up in the dangerous game of espionage.
Cast
* Heinz Rhmann as Dr. Lancelot Dodd / Dr. Ivor Marmion
* Maria Sebaldt as Mrs. Parker
* Robert Graf as Toni
* Anton Diffring as Howard
* Ernst Fritz Frbringer as Sir Gerald Blythe
* Erika von Thellmann as Mrs. Davis
* Horst Keitel as Purdie
* Rudolf Rhomberg as Glenville
* Harry Wstenhagen as Mr. Bland
* Mario Adorf as Buddy Herman
* Erik Jelde as Hornblow
* Heinz Schorlemmer as Bentley
* Ah Yue Lou as Al Miller
* Edgar Engelmann as Barman
* Rene Frank as Tommy Blythe
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. 'The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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