Smashing the Spy Ring

Smashing the Spy Ring
Directed by	Christy Cabanne
Screenplay by	Arthur T. Horman Dorrell McGowan Stuart McGowan
Story by	Stuart McGowan Dorrell McGowan
Produced by	Jack Fier
Starring	Ralph Bellamy Fay Wray Regis Toomey
Cinematography	Allen G. Siegler
Edited by	James Sweeney
Music by	M. W. Stoloff
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Release date	December 29, 1938 (1938-12-29) (US)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Smashing the Spy Ring is a 1938 American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, and Regis Toomey, and was released on December 29, 1938.

Plot

Undercover secret agents John Baxter and Ted Hall apprehend a foreign spy at a factory, but he is shot by Steve Corben. They are transferred to Washington D.C. to work with Phil Dunlap to break up a spy ring, but Phil is quickly killed. Phil's sister Eleanor agrees to help finish the work. During the testing of a new chemical weapon, Ted fakes his death while John impersonates the gas's inventor Professor Leonard and feigns a mental breakdown. John and Eleanor, who pretends to be Leonard's sisters, admit themselves into the spy ring's sanatorium to gather intelligence but are discovered and captured. They escape by throwing acid from the laboratory at their captors before the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department surrounds the building. John and Eleanor become engaged, and Ted begins writing a novel based on the adventure.

Cast

• Ralph Bellamy as John Baxter
• Fay Wray as Eleanor Dunlap
• Regis Toomey as Ted Hall
• Walter Kingsford as Dr. L. B. Carter
• Ann Doran as Madelon Martin
• Warren Hull as Phil Dunlap
• Forbes Murray as Colonel Scully
• Adrian Booth as Miss Loring (credited as Lorna Gray)
• Paul Whitney as Mason
• Bess Flowers as Mrs. Austin
• John Tyrrell as Johnson

External links

• Smashing the Spy Ring at IMDb
• Smashing the Spy Ring at the TCM Movie Database
• Smashing the Spy Ring at the American Film Institute Catalog