Espionage Agent

1939 · 83 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 473 VOTES · DIR. Lloyd Bacon

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Overview

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

DramaWarThrillerRomance1930s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,578 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:01 800 KILLED.
00:04:50 HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE SO MANY AMERICANS
00:08:31 I THINK SO.
00:11:16 EVERYWHERE, ANYWHERE.
00:13:32 OF COURSE.
00:15:53 I'LL, UH, HAVE THIS FIXED UP FOR YOU.
00:19:05 OH, YES, YOU COULD, BARRY.
00:21:38 I HAVE TO GO ON TO RICHMOND.
00:24:01 THEY CALL YOU A FARSEEING STATESMAN.
00:27:38 IN THIS COUNTRY, WE ARE MORE TOLERANT WITH SPIES.
00:30:41 THAT'S ALL, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU.
00:34:09 YOU DON'T SEEM VERY SURPRISED.
00:37:58 NOTHING, DARLING.
00:41:32 EVERYTHING IS ALL MIXED UP.
00:44:41 FREE SPEECH, AFTER ALL, IS ONE OF YOUR COUNTRY'S GREATEST BOASTS.
00:47:38 WHOSE CAREER HAS ENDED?
00:50:07 SUCH AGENTS ARE BEHEADED.
00:53:26 AND NOW YOUR HUSBAND BLAMES YOU?
00:57:18 I THINK SO.
01:00:18 IT SEEMS THAT SOMEONE HAS SNAFFLED A FAIRLY IMPORTANT MESSAGE.
01:03:43 AND ABOVE ALL
01:10:21 BUT THAT'S NO BETTER THAN KNOWING MULLER IN WASHINGTON.
01:13:21 IN THE MEANTIME, KEEP OUR FRIEND HERE LOCKED UP.
01:17:41 NOT FOR ONE MOMENT, MRS. CORVALL.

Cast & Characters

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 Martin Kosleck Karl Mullen Nana Bryant Mrs. Corvall Rudolph Anders Paul Strawn

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,578
Dialogue density19.0 lines / min
First line00:02:01
Final line01:17:41

Production Record

DirectorLloyd Bacon
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes473