Foreign Agent (1942)
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Director William "One Take" Beaudine slapped together Foreign Agent in a week or so, enabling Monogram to ship the picture to theaters before its subject matter grew stale. Set in a Hollywood movie studio (sure looks like the cramped Monogram headquarters), the story concerns a gang of… More Director William "One Take" Beaudine slapped together Foreign Agent in a week or so, enabling Monogram to ship the picture to theaters before its subject matter grew stale. Set in a Hollywood movie studio (sure looks like the cramped Monogram headquarters), the story concerns a gang of Nazi agents who want to get their filthy mitts on a searchlight filter developed by studio technician Jimmy (John Shelton). Unable to alert the authorities, Jimmy is forced to turn sleuth himself to rout out and round up the villains-all played by such overly obvious types as Hans Schumm and Ivan Lebedeff (a Lithuanian actor, here cast as a Japanese!). Heroine Gale Storm sings two songs, including the deathless "It's Taps for the Japs." Jack Mulhall, who used to star in films of this nature, plays a bit role as a studio film editor. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William Beaudine
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Oct 9, 1942 Wide
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Cast
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John Shelton
as Jimmy
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Gale Storm
as Mitzi
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Ivan Lebedeff
as Okura
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Hans Schumm
as Werner
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William Halligan
as Davis
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George Travell
as Nick
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Patsy Moran
as Joan
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Herbert Rawlinson
as Stevens
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Kenneth Harlan
as McCall
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Jack Mulhall
as Editor
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David Clarke
as Carl Beck
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Lyle Latell
as Eddie