Spy of Napoleon

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Spy of Napoleon
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Produced by Julius Hagen
Written by Emmuska Orczy (novel)
Fred V. Merrick
L. du Garde Peach
Harold Simpson
Starring Richard Barthelmess
Dolly Haas
Frank Vosper
Francis L. Sullivan
Music by W.L. Trytel
Cinematography Curt Courant
Edited by Jack Harris
Production
company
Release dates
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  • 9 September 1936 (1936-09-09)
Running time
101 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Spy for Napoleon is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Richard Barthelmess, Dolly Haas, Frank Vosper, Henry Oscar and James Carew. It is based on the 1934 novel A Spy of Napoleon by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, best known for writing The Scarlet Pimpernel.

An illegitimate daughter of Louis Napoleon is taken on as an agent by Napoleon III, ruler of France, who wishes her to spy on the aristocracy who he suspects of wanting to overthrow him.[1]

Cast

References

  1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/356582

External links

Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Spy of Napoleon at IMDb


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