AdventureYear1937Duration1h 18mIMDb6.2

Lancer Spy

AdventureDramaRomance

An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and returns to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.

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Cast

Gregory Ratoff

Director

Dolores del Rio

Dolores Daria Sunnel

George Sanders

Baron Kurt von Rohback

George Sanders

Lt. Michael Bruce

Peter Lorre

Maj. Sigfried Gruning

Virginia Field

Joan Bruce

Sig Ruman

Lt. Col. Gottfried Hollen

Joseph Schildkraut

Prince Ferdi Zu Schwarzwald

Maurice Moscovitch

Gen. Von Meinhardt

Lionel Atwill

Col. Fenwick

Luther Adler

Schratt

Fritz Feld

Fritz Mueller

Lester Matthews

Capt. Neville

CD

Carlos De Valdez

Von Klingen

Gregory Gaye

Capt. Freymann

JC

Joan Carrol

Elizabeth Bruce

Claude King

Captain

KH

Kenneth Hunter

Commandant

Frank Reicher

Admiral

Leonard Mudie

Statesman

PD

Philip Dunne

Writer

MC

Martha Cnockhaert McKenna

Writer

Comments

7 Comments

Marx LeeJun 8, 2023

user1117757000624May 29, 2023

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Lancer Spy

Mysterylook®Nov 16, 2022

This uninspired "Prisoner of Zenda" ripoff has little to recommend it, and certainly not George Sanders, who's as unconvincing as an English action hero as he is as a Stroheim-style Prussian. Peter Lorre seems to be here mainly for the marquee value of his name, as he's given absolutely nothing to do.

كانو🔥غاليين 🇱🇾Nov 16, 2022

George Sanders speaks in an German accent in this film and would go on to play a German in both 'Confessions of a Nazi Spy' and 'Man Hunt'. His German is quite good, and his stiff wooden acting makes him convincing as a German. Here you see him being trained as an Englishman to speak German, and you can see his evolution from an Englishman to portraying future German roles. I've never been a fan of Peter Lorre so I haven't got much to say about his contribution to this film, although he does play a minor role and keeps low profile. This is more like a workshop for Sanders to evolve into a German character rather than a film that stands by itself.

user7580536149852Nov 16, 2022

A good cast is the highlight of the 1937 film, Lancer Spy, starring George Sanders, Delores Del Rio, Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Sid Rumann, and Joseph Schildkraut. Sanders plays an English soldier in World War I who bears such a strong resemblance to a captured German prisoner that he is sent in to replace him and learn valuable information. When the German officers become suspicious, they send a spy (Del Rio) in to find out if he is in fact the German officer. 20th Century Fox used this film to promote George Sanders as a star; however, he had been in previous films for the studio, including Lloyds of London. He is very good, as he always was. Del Rio is impossibly beautiful. Schildkraut gives his role an amusing characterization. For me he can never go wrong. Peter Lorre has a small role. Not much of a story, since in these films, stealing information is always right there in the file cabinet. However, this is an entertaining film.

Kansiime AnneNov 16, 2022

This movie is a real must see for Sanders fans. It's an adaptation of the "Prisoner of Zenda"...Sanders plays an unwilling part in a Great War "sting", to capture vital enemy secrets, due to his uncanny resemblance to a top German officer. The result is an action packed thriller with a nice quirky ending. Watch out for Dolores Del Rio as a splendid Marta Hari figure....just darn excellent!

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