"SPY RING strikes at sea!"

1940

1h 20m

3.0(1 votes)

War

Drama

Overview

June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.

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65 members

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Carole Landis

June McCarthy

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Henry Wilcoxon

Captain Jimmy Madden

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Onslow Stevens

Carl Cutler

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Kathleen Howard

Maggie Clancy

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Wally Rairden

Blake, 3rd Mate

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Sven Hugo Borg

Sven

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Henry Victor

Cmdr. Bulow

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Roland Varno

Lt. Schmidt

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Louis Adlon

Lerner

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Willy Kaufman

Lt. Felder

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Monte Blue

Captain Norberg

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Matthew Boulton

Captain Howard

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Gohr Van Vleck

Captain Van Wyck

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Jean Del Val

Captain Benoit

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Kay Linaker

Flossie La Mare

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Reed Howes

Hughes, Carl's Chauffeur

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Phil Warren

Sparks, Radio Operator

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Kurt Kreuger

Franz, German Seaman

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Jack Roberts

Jack, American Seaman

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Eric Alden

August - German Seaman

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Harry A. Bailey

Sugar Daddy

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Holger Bendixen

Wilheim, German Seaman

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Edwin Brian

Boy

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Jess Lee Brooks

Second Fisherman

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Willy Castello

Radio Operator

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David Cavendish

Gunnery Officer

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Jack Chapin

Messboy

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Worth Crouch

Quartermaster

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Sidney D'Albrook

Man on Wharf

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Albert D'Arno

Submarine Commander

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Harry Depp

Mousey Little Man

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Vernon Downing

Martin

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Roland Drew

Navigating Officer

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Hans Fuerberg

Radio Man

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Douglas Grant

Hans, German Seaman

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Donald Grayson

Ernst, German Seaman

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Edward Groag

Herman, German Seaman

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Chuck Hamilton

Man on Wharf

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Darryl Hickman

Benny

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Leyland Hodgson

Listener

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John Indrisano

Bo's'n

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Larry Lawson

Larry, American Seaman

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George Magrill

Man on Wharf

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Wally Maher

Jenkins

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Anthony Marsh

Radio Operator on the Aleria

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Wanda McKay

Lois

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Thomas Mizer

German Officer

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Norma Gene Nelson

Annette

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Otto Reichow

Siegfried, German Seaman

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Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

Submarine Captain

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Hans Schumm

Sentry

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Rudolf Steinboeck

Nick, German Seaman

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Ben Taggart

Cop

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Sigfrid Tor

Albert, German Seaman

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Nicholas Vehr

Adolph, German Seaman

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Emmett Vogan

Cop

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Chester Walker

Karl, German Seaman

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Pierre Watkin

Straker

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Ernest Whitman

First Fisherman

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Leonard Willey

British Cruiser Captain

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Dick Winslow

Messenger

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Philip Winter

Chalmers

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Tom Wintle

Man on Wharf

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Henry Zynda

Submarine Commander

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Charles Flynn

Heinrich, German Seaman

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