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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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.
Plot
editA German scientist who knows the secrets of the Sputnik rocket programme goes on the run from the Soviets.
Cast
edit- 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
editBibliography
edit- 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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