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Hotel Reserve is a 1944 spy film starring James Mason as an innocent man caught up in pre-Second World War espionage. It was based on Eric Ambler's novel Epitaph for a Spy. Unusually, it was both directed and produced by a trio: Lance Comfort, Mutz Greenbaum (credited as Max Greene) and Victor Hanbury.
Original Release
06/01/1944
US Release
06/28/1946
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Mason | Peter Vadassy |
| Lucie Mannheim | Mme Suzanne Koch / Madame Suzanne Koch |
| Raymond Lovell | Robert Duclos |
| Julien Mitchell | Michel Beghin, intelligence chief / Michel Beghin - intelligence chief |
| Herbert Lom | Andre Roux |
| Martin Miller | Walter Vogel |
| Clare Hamilton | Mary Skelton |
| Frederick Valk | Emil Schimler, alias Paul Heimberger / Emil Schimler alias Paul Heimberger |
| Patricia Medina | Odette Roux |
| Anthony Shaw | Major Anthony Chandon-Hartley |
Directors
Mutz Greenbaum, Victor Hanbury, Lance Comfort
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| James Mason | Peter Vadassy |
| Lucie Mannheim | Mme Suzanne Koch / Madame Suzanne Koch |
| Raymond Lovell | Robert Duclos |
| Julien Mitchell | Michel Beghin, intelligence chief / Michel Beghin - intelligence chief |
| Herbert Lom | Andre Roux |
| Martin Miller | Walter Vogel |
| Clare Hamilton | Mary Skelton |
| Frederick Valk | Emil Schimler, alias Paul Heimberger / Emil Schimler alias Paul Heimberger |
| Patricia Medina | Odette Roux |
| Anthony Shaw | Major Anthony Chandon-Hartley |
| Lawrence Hanray | Police Commissioner |
| David Ward | Henri Asticot |
| Valentine Dyall | Warren Skelton |
| Joseph Almas | Albert, the waiter |
| Patricia Hayes | Woman / Jacqueline |
| Hella Kürty | Hilda Vogel |
| Ivor Barnard | P. Molon - the chemist [druggist] / P. Molon, chemist |
| Ernst Ulman | Detective in Black Suit |
| John Baker | Policeman |
| Mike Johnson | Old Man |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Lance Comfort | Producer |
| Mutz Greenbaum | Producer |
| Victor Hanbury | Producer |
| Charles Koerner | Producer |
