"DARING AS TWO MEN and twice as dangerous BECAUSE HE WAS..." 18 December 1942 Drama, Thriller, War 70 mins
An Englishman kills a German look-alike and poses as a Nazi spy in London.
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Ralph Bellamy as Sir Edward Dominey / Baron Leopold von Ragenstein
Evelyn Ankers as Lady Muriel Dominey
Aubrey Mather as Sir Ronald Clayfair
Edward Norris as Capt. Francois Bardinet
Kaaren Verne as Baroness Stephanie Idenbraum
Henry Daniell as Frederick Seamon
Ludwig Stössel as Dr. Schmidt
Mary Forbes as Lady Leslie Clayfair
Rex Evans as Sir Tristram
Charles Coleman as Mangan
Rudolph Anders as Karl Hofmann
Charles Irwin as Yardly
Frederick Vogeding as Col. Stengel
Victor Zimmerman as Curt--Nazi Soldier
Sylvia Arslan as French Child
Marcelle Corday as French Woman
John Rawlins Director
E. Phillips Oppenheim Novel
Scott Darling Writer
George Robinson Director of Photography
Russell F. Schoengarth Editor
Joseph Gershenson Executive Producer
Vera West Costume Design
Jack Otterson Art Direction
Paul Malvern Associate Producer
United States 18 December 1942
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