Spy Train (1943)

A train leaves Los Angeles with a Nazi spy, a woman, a reporter, their respective sidekicks, and the wrong suitcase: one with a bomb in it.

Director:

Harold Young

Writers:

Scott Littlefield (story), Leslie Swabacker (screenplay) (as Leslie Schwabacker)

Stars:

Richard Travis, Catherine Craig, Chick Chandler

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Travis	...	Bruce Grant
Catherine Craig	...	Jane Thornwall
Chick Chandler	...	Stew Stewart
Thelma White	...	Millie
Evelyn Brent	...	Frieda Molte
Warren Hymer	...	Herman Krantz
Paul McVey	...	Hugo Molte
Herbert Heyes	...	Max Thornwald
Stephen Roberts	...	Anderson #1 (as Steve Roberts)
Forrest Taylor	...	Anderson #2
Dick Rush	...	Sam - Train Conductor
Bill Hunter	...	Lead Detective
Barbara Mace	...	Minor Role
Caroline Burke	...	Minor Role
William Kellogg	...	Detective (as Bill Kellogg)

Storyline

A train leaves Los Angeles with a Nazi spy, a woman, a reporter, their respective sidekicks, and the wrong suitcase: one with a bomb in it.

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Plot Keywords:

time bomb | spy | train | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Los Angeles Saturday 3 December 1949 on KECA (Channel 7), in New York City Tuesday 27 December 1949 on WPIX (Channel 11), and in San Francisco Wednesday 4 January 1950 on KRON (Channel 4).

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Goofs

The female spy passes a note in which she mentions a concert of music by Haydn - but she spells it HEDYN.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Bruce Grant: Did you get the picture, Stew?

User Reviews

All Aboard the SpyTrain to Corn-fusionville...

This Nazi train 'drama' is nearly unwatchable.

Watch this movie right before you drink the poison or pull the trigger. Otherwise skip it and just slam your finger in the door instead.

This movie is in black and white, the lighting is uneven and the sound is messed up in most places. The acting is stiff and mostly bad and the writing is worse but I still hate it for some reason.

If somebody would have blown up the train at the start it would have improved this dog by only a hair.

Jane Thornburg should have never read Bruce's book - it only made her life more complicated than necessary. Even Bruce hadn't read it or he would have known how the movie ends.

I'll give it a 2 because of the dead guy falling out of the closet twice.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 July 1943 (USA)

Also Known As:

Time Bomb

Company Credits

Production Co:

Monogram Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

61 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1