David Harding, Counterspy | |
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Directed by | Ray Nazarro |
Written by | Phillips Lord (radio program) (as Phillips H. Lord) |
Screenplay by | Clint Johnston Tom Reed |
Story by | Clint Johnston Tom Reed |
Produced by | Milton Feldman |
Starring | Willard Parker |
Cinematography | George E. Diskant |
Edited by | Henry Batista |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
David Harding, Counterspy is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring Willard Parker. [1] It was based on the radio series Counterspy .
Howard St John reprised his role as David Harding in Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard (1950).
An American spy is killed under suspicious circumstances. His friend Jerry Baldwin, a naval commander, is assigned to replace him and stop a saboteur in a torpedo factory.
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