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Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

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Release Date: Apr 27, 1939 Wide

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Bold for its time (just prior to World War II), Confessions of a Nazi Spy is an expose of a genuine Nazi espionage ring operating in the United States. Dedicated National Socialist Paul Lukas arrives in America to conduct Bund rallies and enlist German-Americans in the service of Hitler. His rabble-rousing speeches inspire a blue collar worker (Francis Lederer) to join a Bund, and then participate in spy activities. FBI agent Edward G. Robinson is assigned to investigate. Extracting a confession

Unrated, 1 hr. 29 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Anatole Litvak

Written By: Milton Krims, Leon G. Turrou

In Theaters: Apr 27, 1939 Wide

Cast

Edward G. Robinson
Ed Renard
Francis Lederer
Schneider
George Sanders
Schlager
Paul Lukas
Dr. Kassel
Henry O'Neill
D.A. Kellogg
Lya Lys
Erika Wolff
Grace Stafford
Mrs. Schneider
James Stephenson
Scotland Yard Official
Sig Rumann
Krogman
Frederic Tozere
Phillips
Dorothy Tree
Hilda
Celia Sibelius
Mrs. Kassel
Louis Adlon
Egon Brecher
Nazi Spy
Ward Bond
American Legionnaire
Jean Brooks
Kassel's Nurse
Frederick Burton
US District Court Judge
Alec Craig
Postman
Robert O. Davis
Straubel
Selmar Jackson
Customs Agent
Will Kaufman
Gruetzwald
Edward Keane
FBI Agent
Robert Emmett Keane
Harrison
Martin Kosleck
Josef Goebbels
Eily Malyon
Mrs. MacLaughlin
Frank Mayo
Staunton
Lon McCallister
Jack Mower
McDonald
Lucien Prival
Kranz
John Ridgely
Army Hospital Clerk
George Rosener
Klauber
Lionel Royce
Hintze
Charles Sherlock
Young
Charles Trowbridge
US Intelligence Officia...
William Vaughan
Captain Von Eichen
Henry Victor
Helldorf
Emmett Vogan
Hotel Desk Clerk
Fredrik Vogeding
Capt. Richter
William Von Brincken
Capt. Vonn Eichen
Hans Heinrich von Twardow...
Wildebrandt
Joe Sawyer
Renz
John Deering
Narrator

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Historically significant, Litvak's sensationalistic political melodrama is considered to be the first Hollywood anti-Nazi film made by a major studio

June 12, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Daring for its day.

July 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Despite coming out two and a half years before America's involvement in WWII, Confessions of a Nazi Spy is a wonderful piece of propaganda. This movie is also a single-finger salute to Germany on the part of Warner Bros as the only studio who would speak out against the Nazis despite a lucrative film market overseas.

March 10, 2010

Michael Gildea

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I realize that in 1939 the threat of Nazi?s was a serious and imminent one, but this film does go a bit too much to the extreme. Edward G. Robinson is an asset and does a fine job. It is more of interest for it?s historical significance than it is as a film, but the story isn?t a bad one and it?s quite fascinating.

June 19, 2009

James Higgins

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