Spy for a Day

Spy for a Day is a 1940 British comedy thriller film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Douglas Wakefield, Paddy Browne and Jack Allen.^[1] The screenplay concerns a British farmer who is abducted by the Germans during World War I.

Spy for a Day
Directed by	Mario Zampi
Written by	Story: Stacy Aumonier Screenplay: Ralph Block, Emeric Pressburger, Hans Wilhelm, Anatole de Grunwald
Produced by	Mario Zampi
Starring	Douglas Wakefield, Paddy Browne, Jack Allen
Cinematography	Bernard Knowles
Edited by	David Lean
Music by	Nicholas Brodszky
Production company	Two Cities Films
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures
Release date	27 April 1940 (1940-04-27) (UK)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Premise

During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.

Cast

• Douglas Wakefield as Sam Gates
• Paddy Browne as Martha Clowes
• Jack Allen as Captain Bradshaw
• Albert Lieven as Captain Hausemann
• Nicholas Hannen as Colonel Pemberton
• Gibb McLaughlin as Colonel Ludwig
• Allan Jeayes as Colonel Roberts
• Alf Goddard as Sergeant Bryan
• George Hayes as Corporal Boehme
• Eliot Makeham as Trufit
• Hay Petrie as Britt
• O. B. Clarence as Medical Officer