Spy in the Sky!
Spy in the Sky! is a 1958 American-British spy thriller film directed by W. Lee Wilder and starring Steve Brodie, Andrea Domburg and George Coulouris.[1]
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| Directed by | W. Lee Wilder |
| Written by | Myles Wilder |
| Based on | Counterspy Express by Albert Sidney Fleischman |
| Produced by | W. Lee Wilder |
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| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | Lien d' Oliveyra Loet Roozekrans |
| Music by | Hugo de Groot |
Production company | W. Lee Wilder Productions |
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Release date | 20 July 1958 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
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| Language | English |
The film is based on the 1954 novel Counterspy Express by Albert Sidney Fleischman.[2] It was shot at the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam and on location in Vienna.
Synopsis
A German scientist who knows the secrets of the Sputnik rocket programme goes on the run from the Soviets.
Cast
- Steve Brodie as Vic Cabot
- Sandra Francis as Eve Brandisi
- Andrea Domburg as Alexandrine Duvivier
- George Coulouris as Col. Benedict
- Bob De Lange as Sidney Jardine
- Hans Tiemeijer as Dr. Fritz Keller, alias Hans Krauss
- Herbert Curiel as Pepi Vidor
- Dity Oorthuis as Fritzi
- Albert E. Gollin as Martin, consul's representative
- Leon Dorian as Agent Max Maxwell
- Roland Wagter as Soldier
- Monica Witkowna as Gypsy Singer
- Harold Horsten as Pawnbroker
References
- American Cinema of the 1950s: Themes and Variations p.204
- Goble p.160
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Pomerance, Murray (ed.) American Cinema of the 1950s: Themes and Variations. Rutgers University Press, 2005.
- Warren, Bill. Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition. McFarland, 2017.
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