''Spy Hunt'', also known as ''Panther's Moon'', is a 1950 American espionage film, based on the novel ''

Panther's Moon ''Panther's Moon'' is a 1948 spy thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning. It was his second post-war novel, following ''The Chasm'', as he had largely been taken a break from writing during his wartime service. Synopsis Roger Quain ...

'' by

Victor Canning Victor Canning (16 June 1911 – 21 February 1986) was a prolific British writer of novels and thrillers who flourished in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was personally reticent, writing no memoirs and giving relatively few newspaper interviews. ...

, directed by

George Sherman George Sherman (July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and producer of low-budget Western films. One obituary said his "credits rival in number those of anyone in the entertainment industry." Biography George Sherman ...

, and starring

Howard Duff Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also prob ...

and Märta Torén. It was produced by

Universal-International Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

Plot

Rival agents in Switzerland seek two escaped panthers, one with microfilm hidden in its collar.

Cast

as Steve Quain * Märta Torén as Catherine Uilven * Philip Friend as Chris Denson * Robert Douglas as Paradou * Philip Dorn as Paul Kopel * Walter Slezak as Doctor Stahl * Kurt Kreuger as Captain Heimer * Aram Katcher as Georg

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