Spy in the Sky!
Directed byW. Lee Wilder
Written byMyles Wilder
Based onCounterspy Express by Albert Sidney Fleischman
Produced byW. Lee Wilder
Starring
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey
Edited byLien d' Oliveyra
Loet Roozekrans
Music byHugo de Groot
Production
company
W. Lee Wilder Productions
Distributed by
Release date
20 July 1958
Running time
75 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish

Spy in the Sky! is a 1958 American-British spy thriller film directed by W. Lee Wilder and starring Steve Brodie, Andrea Domburg and George Coulouris.[1]

The film is based on the 1954 novel Counterspy Express by Albert Sidney Fleischman.[2] It was shot at the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam and on location in Vienna.

Synopsis

A German scientist who knows the secrets of the Sputnik rocket programme goes on the run from the Soviets.

Cast

  • Steve Brodie as Vic Cabot
  • Sandra Francis as Eve Brandisi
  • Andrea Domburg as Alexandrine Duvivier
  • George Coulouris as Col. Benedict
  • Bob De Lange as Sidney Jardine
  • Hans Tiemeijer as Dr. Fritz Keller, alias Hans Krauss
  • Herbert Curiel as Pepi Vidor
  • Dity Oorthuis as Fritzi
  • Albert E. Gollin as Martin, consul's representative
  • Leon Dorian as Agent Max Maxwell
  • Roland Wagter as Soldier
  • Monica Witkowna as Gypsy Singer
  • Harold Horsten as Pawnbroker

References

  1. American Cinema of the 1950s: Themes and Variations p.204
  2. Goble p.160

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Pomerance, Murray (ed.) American Cinema of the 1950s: Themes and Variations. Rutgers University Press, 2005.
  • Warren, Bill. Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition. McFarland, 2017.


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