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Spies
Spies most commonly refers to people who engage in spying, espionage or clandestine operations. Spies or The Spies may also refer to: Arts and media Films * ''Spies'' (1928 film), English title for ''Spione'', a 1928 German film by Fritz Lang * ''Spies'' (1943 film), an animated short film * ''Spies'', a 1993 Disney TV film starring Shiloh Strong * ''Les Espions'' (''The Spies''), a 1957 French film * ''The Spies'' (1919 film), a German crime film * ''The Spies'' (2012 film), a South Korean film * ''S*P*Y*S'', a 1974 comedy film Television * ''Spies'' (TV series), a 1987 television series starring George Hamilton * ''The Spies'' (TV series), 1965 British television series * " Chapter 23: The Spies", an episode of ''The Mandalorian'' * "Spies", an episode from ''Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom'' Music * Spies (band), a jazz fusion band * "Spies" (song), a song by Coldplay * Spys (band), an American rock band Novels * ''Spies'' (novel), a 2002 novel by Michael Fray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spying
Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret or Confidentiality, confidential information (Intelligence (information), intelligence). A person who commits espionage on a mission-specific contract is called an ''espionage agent'' or ''spy''. A person who commits espionage as a fully employed officer of a government is called an intelligence officer. Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is Clandestine operation, clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome. In some circumstances, it may be a legal tool of law enforcement and in others, it may be Crime, illegal and punishable by law. Espionage is often part of an institutional effort by a government or commercial concern. However, the term tends to be associated with state spying on potential or actual enemies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espionage
Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information ( intelligence). A person who commits espionage on a mission-specific contract is called an ''espionage agent'' or ''spy''. A person who commits espionage as a fully employed officer of a government is called an intelligence officer. Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent operation, can commit espionage. The practice is clandestine, as it is by definition unwelcome. In some circumstances, it may be a legal tool of law enforcement and in others, it may be illegal and punishable by law. Espionage is often part of an institutional effort by a government or commercial concern. However, the term tends to be associated with state spying on potential or actual enemies for military purposes. Spying involving corporations is known as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spies (surname)
Spies is a surname of German origin, and may refer to: * August Spies (1855–1887), anarchist * Ben Spies (born 1984), American motorcycle road racer * Claudio Spies (1925–2020), American composer * Leo Spies (1899–1965), Russian-born German composer and conductor * Liesbeth Spies (born 1966), Dutch politician * Moritz Ritter von Spies (1805–1862), Bavarian Major General and War Minister * Pierre Spies (born 1985), South African rugby player * Simon Spies (1921–1984), Danish tycoon best known for starting the charter airline Spies Rejser * Walter Spies (1895-1942), German painter * Werner Spies (born 1937), German art historian See also * Spies (other) {{Surname, Spies German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiess (other)
Spiess (spelt as ' in German or Spiesz in Hungarian), may refer to: People with the surname * Adolf Spieß, German gymnast and educator * August von Spiess, Romanian officer, writer and hunter * Christian Heinrich Spiess, German romance writer * Fred Spiess, American oceanographer * Fritz Spiess, Canadian cinematographer * Gerry Spiess, American sailor * Gertrud Spiess (1914–1995), Swiss politician * Gesine Spieß (1945–2016), German feminist academic * Joseph Spiess (engineer) (1838–1917), built France's only rigid airship * Mary Lou Spiess (1931–1992), American disability rights advocate and disabled fashion pioneer * Robert Spieß, tennis player Military * Spieß (Hauptfeldwebel), German military slang name (literally "spear") for the Company sergeant major in the German Wehrmacht until 1945 * Spieß (Hauptfeldwebel In the German Wehrmacht, Hauptfeldwebel (, short: HptFw; address: ''Herr Hauptfeldwebel'') was not a rank but a position title, assignme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spies (novel)
''Spies'' (2002) is a psychological novel by English author and dramatist Michael Frayn. It is currently studied by A-Level, and some GCSE, literature students in various schools. It is also studied by some Year 12 Victorian Certificate of Education, VCE English students in Australia. Synopsis Narrating in the form of a bildungsroman, an elderly man, Stefan Weitzler, reminisces about his life during the Second World War as he wanders down the now modernised London Dead end (street), cul-de-sac that he once called home. Now a young boy, Stephen, regularly bullied at school and bored with his home life, is informed by his best friend Keith Hayward, a snobbish and domineering neighbour, that Keith's mother is an Secret agent, undercover operative working for the Germans. As the two boys spy on Mrs. Hayward from a hiding place in the hedges, they notice her unusual daily routine: leaving Keith's house with a picnic basket full of food, tapping on the window of Auntie Dee (Mrs. Hay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spies (1943 Film)
''Spies'' is part of the '' Private Snafu'' series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Released in 1943, the cartoon was directed by Chuck Jones and features the vocal talents of Mel Blanc. It was included as part of the International Spy Museum exhibits, specifically the exhibit showcasing World War II-era spying. Plot Private Snafu has learned a secret, but the enemy is listening and he'd better zipper his lip, and keep his brain secure with a padlock and chain. However, Snafu little by little lets his secret slip (by telling the audience, calling his mom, telling a magazine salesman, and drunkenly relaying it to a bar girl who works as a Nazi German spy, due to drinking an entire bottle instead of the glass he was given): his ship is about to set sail for Africa at 4:30. The information is picked up by spies and quickly relayed to Führer Adolf Hitler, who orders the Nazis to attack the American fleet, which they do, shooting Snafu with torped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spies (1928 Film)
''Spione'' (; English title: ''Spies'', under which title it was released in the United States) is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller directed by Fritz Lang and co-written with his wife, Thea von Harbou, who also wrote a novel of the same name, published a year later. The film was Lang's penultimate silent film and the first for his own production company; ''Fritz Lang-Film GmbH''. As in Lang's Mabuse films, '' Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler'' (1922) and ''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'' (1933), Rudolf Klein-Rogge plays a master criminal aiming for world domination. ''Spione'' was restored to something short of its original length by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation during 2003 and 2004. No original negatives survive but a high quality nitrate copy is held at the National Film Archive in Prague. Plot Germany, 1927: Beautiful Russian spy Sonja Baranikowa seduces Colonel Jellusič into betraying his country (an unnamed eastern European one) for her employer, Haghi, a seemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spies (band)
Spies was a jazz fusion band consisting of Paul Freeman, Richard Hahn, Jon Crosse, Jay Anderson and David Witham. Their jazz fusion musical style is a blend of electronic, funk and rock. ''By Way of the World'', their 1990 album on the Telarc record label, was the first CD to use Stereo Surround encoding technology. Guest musicians include José Feliciano and percussionist Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (born December 12, 1944), known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian–American jazz drummer and percussionist. He has also worked as an educator at University of California, Los Angeles, and Berklee College of .... Discography * 1988: ''Music of Espionage'' * 1990: ''By Way of the World'' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Spies Jazz fusion ensembles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spies (TV Series)
''The Spies'' is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1966. The main stars were Dinsdale Landen as counter espionage agent Richard Cadell; Simon Oates as agent Anthony Kelly; and Peter Arne as Russian agent Copic. A spin-off or rebranding of the previous 1965 series '' The Mask of Janus'', ''The Spies'' was a more conventional espionage thriller series than its predecessor, being more explicitly concerned with the actual operations of British secret service agents stationed in the fictional European country Amalia. The series can be viewed as being a BBC attempt to match the popularity of the ITV action show ''Danger Man''. Most of this show was wiped (probably in the 1970s) by the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...; only one episode is know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spies (2012 Film)
''The Spies'' (), also known as ''The Spy'', is a 2012 South Korean action comedy film, starring Kim Myung-min, Yum Jung-ah, Byun Hee-bong, Jung Gyu-woon, Yoo Hae-jin and directed by Woo Min-ho. It is about North Korean undercover spies living mundane lives in South Korea. The film was released on September 20, 2012, and attracted 1,310,895 admissions nationwide. Plot Section chief Kim (Kim Myung-min) was dispatched to South Korea 22 years ago to spy for the North Korean government. But spying is not his job anymore, or at least, it's not what he does in daily life. Now, Kim makes a living by selling fake Viagra pills smuggled from China and returns home every night to his wife and two loving children. When Kim unexpectedly receives an assassination order from his boss (Yoo Hae-jin), he gathers his teammates which consist of assistant manager Kang (Yum Jung-ah), a single mother and real estate agent, adviser Yoon (Byun Hee-bong), a retired senior citizen who specializes in makin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
