''Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard'' is a 1950 American

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directed by

Seymour Friedman Seymour Friedman (August 17, 1917 – April 2, 2003) was an American film director. He later worked as a production manager in television. Friedman began his career as an assistant director, before enlisting for military service following America ...

and starring Howard St. John,

Ron Randell Ronald Egan Randell (8 October 1918 – 11 June 2005) was an Australian actor. After beginning his acting career on the stage in 1937, he played Charles Kingsford Smith in the film '' Smithy'' (1946). He also had roles in '' Bulldog Drummond ...

and

Amanda Blake Amanda Blake (born Beverly Louise Neill; February 20, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the Western television series ''Gunsmoke''. Along with ...

. It was the second of two film adaptations based on the radio series '' Counterspy'' (1942–57) created by Phillips H. Lord., starring Howard St. John as David Harding. The first had been ''

David Harding, Counterspy ''David Harding, Counterspy'' is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Willard Parker. It was based on the radio series '' Counterspy''. Howard St John reprised his role as David Harding in '' Counterspy Meet ...

'' (1950).

Plot

When enemy agents obtain leaked secrets about a guided missile system, an American spy, David Harding, and a British investigator, Simon Langton, are teamed together to find the source.

Cast

* Howard St. John as David Harding *

as Karen Michele *

as Simon Langton * June Vincent as Barbara Taylor *Fred Sears as Peters *

John Dehner John Dehner (DAY-ner; born John Dehner Forkum; November 23, 1915February 4, 1992), also credited Dehner Forkum, was an American stage, radio, film, and television character actor. From the late 1930s to the late 1980s, he amassed a long list o ...

as Robert Reynolds * Lewis Martin as Dr. Victor Gilbert, also known as Hugo Boren *

Rick Vallin Rick Vallin (born Eric Efron; September 24, 1919 – August 31, 1977) was an actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1938 and 1966. Early years Born in Feodosia, in the Crimea, Russia, Vallin came to the United States at age three w ...

as McCullough *Jimmy Lloyd as Burton *

Ted Jordan Edgar Harrison Friedman Jr. (May 23, 1924 – March 30, 2005) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing freight agent Nathan Burke on 108 episodes of the American Western television series ''Gunsmoke'' from 1966 to 19 ...

as Brown * Gregory Gay as Professor Schuman *Douglas Evans as Colonel Kilgore *

John Doucette John Arthur Doucette (January 21, 1921 – August 16, 1994) was an American character actor who performed in more than 280 film and television productions between 1941 and 1987. A man of stocky build who possessed a deep, rich voice, he p ...

as Larry, a thug *

Don Brodie Donald Ellis Brodie (May 29, 1904 – January 8, 2001) was an American film and television actor. Early years The youngest of six children born to Frank Ellis Brodie and Charlotte Moonert,"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database wi ...

as Jimmy, a thug

Reception

''Variety'' said "Most of the large cast play their roles broadly with a hint that they’re enjoying the excursion into make-believe...Seymour Friedman directed at a fast clip. Camerawork of Philip Tannura was good, especially in the action sequences, while producer Wallace MacDonald squeezed ample values out of his low budget."

References

External links

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