Spies of the Air
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Spies of the Air is a 1940 British
adventure film
directed by David MacDonald
and starring Edward Ashley
, Felix Aylmer
and Barry K. Barnes
. It was based on the play Official Secret by Jeffrey Dell
. A British test pilot is passing secret to the Germans.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
adventure film
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
directed by David MacDonald
David MacDonald (director)
David MacDonald was a British film director, writer and producer. His first major film as director was The Brothers.-Select filmography:*The Last Curtain...
and starring Edward Ashley
Edward Ashley
Edward Ashley was an Australian actor.-Selected filmography:* Underneath the Arches * The Villiers Diamond * Pride and Prejudice * Spies of the Air * Waxwork -External links:...
, Felix Aylmer
Felix Aylmer
Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television.-Early life and career:...
and Barry K. Barnes
Barry K. Barnes
Barry K. Barnes was a British film actor. He was born in London. He appeared in sixteen films between 1936 and 1947...
. It was based on the play Official Secret by Jeffrey Dell
Jeffrey Dell
Jeffrey Dell was a British screenwriter and film director. He is also known for his 1939 novel Nobody Ordered Wolves which was based on the British film industry.-Selected filmography:Director* The Flemish Farm...
. A British test pilot is passing secret to the Germans.
Cast
- Edward AshleyEdward AshleyEdward Ashley was an Australian actor.-Selected filmography:* Underneath the Arches * The Villiers Diamond * Pride and Prejudice * Spies of the Air * Waxwork -External links:...
- Stuart - Felix AylmerFelix AylmerSir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television.-Early life and career:...
- Colonel Cairns - Barry K. BarnesBarry K. BarnesBarry K. Barnes was a British film actor. He was born in London. He appeared in sixteen films between 1936 and 1947...
- Jim Thurloe - Santos Casani - Foreigner
- Wallace DouglasWallace Douglas-Selected filmography:* The Love Wager * Music Hath Charms * The Last Adventurers * The Chinese Bungalow * Spies of the Air -External links:...
- Hooper - Everley GreggEverley GreggEverley Gregg was a British actress.She made her film debut in the 1933 film The Private Life of Henry VIII as Catherine Parr, Henry's last wife...
- Mrs. Madison - Roger LiveseyRoger LiveseyRoger Livesey was a British stage and film actor. He is most often remembered for the three Powell & Pressburger films in which he starred: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, I Know Where I'm Going! and A Matter of Life and Death...
- Houghton - Joan MarionJoan MarionJoan Marion was an Australian-born film actress.-Selected filmography:* The River House Ghost * The Stolen Necklace * The Melody-Maker * Lord of the Manor...
- Dorothy Houghton - Henry OscarHenry OscarHenry Oscar was an English stage and film actor.Born as Henry Wale, he changed his name and began acting in 1911 and appeared in a wide range of films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much , Fire Over England , The Four Feathers , Hatter's Castle ,...
- Porter - Basil RadfordBasil RadfordBasil Radford was an English character actor who featured in many British films of the 1930s and 1940s. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his first stage appearance in July 1924...
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- Sir Andrew Hamilton