Spy in the Sky!

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Spy in the Sky!
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Directed by W. Lee Wilder
Written by Myles Wilder
Based onCounterspy Express by Albert Sidney Fleischman
Produced byW. Lee Wilder
Starring
Cinematography Walter J. Harvey
Edited byLien d' Oliveyra
Loet Roozekrans
Music byHugo de Groot
Production
company
W. Lee Wilder Productions
Distributed by
Release date
  • 20 July 1958 (1958-07-20)
Running time
75 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Language English

Spy in the Sky! is a 1958 American-British spy thriller film directed by W. Lee Wilder and starring Steve Brodie, Andrea Domburg and George Coulouris. [1]

Contents

The film is based on the 1954 novel Counterspy Express by Albert Sidney Fleischman. [2] It was shot at the Cinetone Studios in Amsterdam and on location in Vienna.

Plot

A German scientist who knows the secrets of the Sputnik rocket programme goes on the run from the Soviets.

Cast

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References

  1. American Cinema of the 1950s: Themes and Variations p.204
  2. Goble p.160

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