--- title: 'They Made Her a Spy (1939)' type: 'film' director: 'Jack Hively' released: '1939-01-01' genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/they-made-her-a-spy-1939' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032021/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # They Made Her a Spy (1939) 1939 · Drama · United States ## Synopsis 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jack Hively](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-hively) - **Screenplay:** [Michael Kanin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-kanin) - **Original Music Composer:** [Roy Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-webb) ## Cast - [Addison Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/addison-richards) - [Louis Jean Heydt](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jean-heydt) - [Larry J. Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-j-blake) - [Spencer Charters](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-charters) - [Alec Craig](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-craig) - [Allan Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-lane) - [Charles Halton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-halton) - [Sally Eilers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-eilers) - [Fritz Leiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-leiber-2) - [Theodore von Eltz](https://cinepixo.com/people/theodore-von-eltz) - [Leona Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/leona-roberts) - [Pierre Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-watkin) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/they-made-her-a-spy-1939 Film facts: Wikidata (Q18155135); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.