Espionage Agent - Original Trailer 1939

Unlike many another pre-WW II spy melodramas, Espionage Agent clearly identifies the villains as Germans. Joel McCrea plays Barry Corvall, the son of a recently deceased US diplomat. Boarding a Berlin-bound train, Corvall attempts to swipe a briefcase stuffed with documents which will prove that the Nazis have been infiltrating vital industrial centers in the United States. He is helped along by Brenda Ballard (Brenda Marshall), whose behavior suggests at times that she might not be all that trustworthy. According to the Warner Bros. publicity machine, Warren Duff's screenplay was based on actual events. Coming on the heels of the studio's Confessions of a Nazi Spy, Espionage Agent was indication enough that Warners had declared war on Germany long before President Roosevelt made it official. Joel McCrea - Barry Corvall Brenda Marshall - Brenda Ballard Jeffrey Lynn - Lowell Warrington George Bancroft - Dudley Garrett Stanley Ridges - Hamilton Peyton James Stephenson - Dr. Rader Howard Hickman - Walter Forbes Nana Bryant - Mrs. Corvall Robert O. Davis - Paul Strawn Hans Heinrich Von Twardowski - Dr. Helm Lucien Prival - Decker Addison Richards - Bruce Corvall Edwin Stanley - Secretary of State Eddie Acuff - Taxi driver Louis Adlon - Youth Fern Barry - American Granville Bates - Phineas T. O'Grady Sidney Bracey - Steward Egon Brecher - Larsch Loia Cheaney Alice Connors - American Jean de Briac - Waiter Sarah Edwards - Woman Arno Frey - Man Eddie Graham - American John Hamilton - Code room instructor Winifred Harris - Lady Ashford John Harron Grace Hayle - Mrs. O'Grady Stuart Holmes - American William Hopper - Student Lloyd Ingraham - Woodrow Wilson George Irving - Elderly official Selmar Jackson - Instructor Martin Kosleck - Karl Mullen Glenn Langan - Student Vera Lewis - Militant woman Rolf Lindau - Foreign agent Al Lloyd - American Chris-Pin Martin - Tunisian Guard (uncredited) Billy McClain - Manservant Alex Melesh - Headwaiter George Reeves - Warrington's secretary Lionel Royce - Hoffmeyer Sally Sage Dorothy Vaughan - Stout woman Henry Victor - Foreign official Emmett Vogan - Instructor Fredrik Vogeding - Man Nella Walker - Mrs. Peyton Lotta Williams - Woman William Worthington - Instructor