Confessions Of A Nazi Spy - Original Trailer 1939

Bold for its time (just prior to World War II), Confessions of a Nazi Spy is an expose of a genuine Nazi espionage ring operating in the United States. Dedicated National Socialist Paul Lukas arrives in America to conduct Bund rallies and enlist German-Americans in the service of Hitler. His rabble-rousing speeches inspire a blue collar worker (Francis Lederer) to join a Bund, and then participate in spy activities. FBI agent Edward G. Robinson is assigned to investigate. Extracting a confession from the not-too-bright Lederer, Robinson traces the espionage activities to Lukas. The Nazi official's notoriety and his undesirability as a security risk compels the German secret police to kidnap Lukas and spirit him back to the Fatherland, presumably to face liquidation. The spy ring is rounded up, but Robinson realizes that this is only the beginning. Confessions of a Nazi Spy may seem dated today, but in 1939 it packed a real wallop, especially since most filmmakers of that era chose to ignore the Nazis lest they lose the valuable European market.

Edward G. Robinson - Ed Renard
Francis Lederer - Schneider
George Sanders - Schlager
Paul Lukas - Dr. Kassel
Lya Lys - Erika Wolff
Henry O'Neill - D.A. Kellogg
Grace Stafford - Mrs. Schneider
James Stephenson - Scotland Yard Official
Sig Rumann - Krogman
Frederic Tozere - Phillips
Dorothy Tree - Hilda
Celia Sibelius - Mrs. Kassel
Louis Adlon
Ward Bond - American Legionnaire
Egon Brecher - Nazi Spy
Jean Brooks - Kassel's Nurse
Frederick Burton - US District Court Judge
Alec Craig - Postman
Robert O. Davis - Straubel
John Deering - Narrator
Selmar Jackson - Customs Agent
Will Kaufman - Gruetzwald
Edward Keane - FBI Agent
Robert Emmett Keane - Harrison
Martin Kosleck - Josef Goebbels
Eily Malyon - Mrs. MacLaughlin
Frank Mayo - Staunton
Lon McCallister
Jack Mower - McDonald
Lucien Prival - Kranz
John Ridgely - Army Hospital Clerk
George Rosener - Klauber
Lionel Royce - Hintze
Joe Sawyer - Renz
Charles Sherlock - Young
Charles Trowbridge - US Intelligence Official
William Vaughan - Captain Von Eichen
Henry Victor - Helldorf
Emmett Vogan - Hotel Desk Clerk
Fredrik Vogeding - Capt. Richter
William Von Brincken - Capt. Vonn Eichen
Hans Heinrich Von Twardowski - Wildebrandt