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Spies of the Air (aka Spies in the Air and The Fifth Column) is a 1939 British adventure film directed by David MacDonald and based on the play Official Secret by Jeffrey Dell. The film stars Barry K. Barnes, Edward Ashley and Felix Aylmer. Spies of the Air involves espionage in the period just before the outbreak of war in Europe that spawned a number of similar propaganda films linking aeronautics and spies. Films in both Great Britain and the United States centred on "... spies and fifth columnists (as) the staple diet of films made during the first year of the war."
Original Release
03/30/1939
US Release
07/03/1940
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Barry K. Barnes | Peter Thurloe |
| Joan Marion | Dorothy Houghton |
| Roger Livesey | Charles Houghton |
| Basil Radford | Bill Madison |
| Everley Gregg | Emily Madison |
| Felix Aylmer | Col. Cairns |
| Wallace Douglas | Agent Hooper |
| Henry Oscar | Porter |
| John Turnbull | Sir Andrew Hamilton |
| Edward Ashley | Stuart |
Directors
Writers
Bridget Boland, Jeffrey Dell, A.R. Rawlinson
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Barry K. Barnes | Peter Thurloe |
| Joan Marion | Dorothy Houghton |
| Roger Livesey | Charles Houghton |
| Basil Radford | Bill Madison |
| Everley Gregg | Emily Madison |
| Felix Aylmer | Col. Cairns |
| Wallace Douglas | Agent Hooper |
| Henry Oscar | Porter |
| John Turnbull | Sir Andrew Hamilton |
| Edward Ashley | Stuart |
| Hal Walters | Kingswell |
| Santos Casani | Foreigner |
| Ernest Blyth | Secret Service Agent |
| David Davies | Detective |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| John Corfield | Producer |
