The Spy (1917)
Exposing the operations of the German secret police in America- 10,000 war agents of the kaiser at your elbow. DO YOU KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR?
An American is sent to Germany to unearth the identities of German agents operating in the U. S. He infiltrates the German secret service in an attempt to abscond with a list of undercover German operatives.
- Date of release
- 1917-08-17
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller, War
- Director
- Richard Stanton
Casting
- Dustin Farnum — Mark Quaintance
- Winifred Kingston — Greta Glaum
- William Burress — Freiheer Von Wittzchaeft
- Charles Clary — American Ambassador
- William Lowery — The Shadow
- Howard Gaye — Baron von Bergen
Interesting facts
The Spy is a 1917 American silent thriller film directed by Richard Stanton and starring Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, and William Burress. It portrays the actions of American spy who travels to Germany during World War I to get hold of a list of German agents active in the United States. He succeeds with the help of a local woman who falls in love with him, but both are captured and executed.
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