They Made Her a Spy | |
Director: | Jack Hively Edward Donahue (filmmaker) |
Producer: | Robert Sisk |
Screenplay: | Michael Kanin Jo Pagano |
Story: | George Bricker Lionel Houser |
Starring: | Sally Eilers Allan Lane Fritz Leiber Frank M. Thomas |
Music: | Roy Webb |
Cinematography: | Nicholas Musuraca |
Editing: | Harry Marker |
Studio: | RKO Radio Pictures |
They Made Her a Spy is a 1939 American spy drama film produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It was the first film directed by Jack Hively, who after toiling as an editor for RKO for the prior five years, was given the opportunity to direct, and starred Sally Eilers, Allan Lane, Fritz Leiber, and Frank M. Thomas. The screenplay, written by Jo Pagano and Academy Award winner Michael Kanin, was based on a story by George Bricker and Lionel Houser. The film premiered in New York City on March 29, 1939, and was released nationally two weeks later, on April 14.