Cipher Bureau (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Cipher Bureau
| image =File:Cipher Bureau (1938 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Charles Lamont
| producer = Franklyn Warner
| writer = Arthur Hoerl, from a Monroe Shaff story
| starring =
| music =
| cinematography = Arthur Martinelli
| editing =
| distributor = Grand National Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1938|10|26}}
| runtime = 64 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Cipher Bureau is a 1938 American film directed by Charles Lamont. The film was successful enough to elicit a sequel, Panama Patrol.
Plot
Philip Waring, the head of a listening agency in Washington D.C., is dedicated to breaking up a foreign radio-spy ring. He enlists his naval-officer brother and tangles with beautiful spies.
Cast
- Leon Ames as Philip Waring
- Charlotte Wynters as Helen Lane
- Joan Woodbury as Therese Brahm
- Don Dillaway as Paul Waring
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Albert Grood
- Tenen Holtz as Simon Herrick
- Walter Bonn as Anton Decker
- Si Wills as Lt. Clarke
- George Lynn as Lt. Tydall
- Jason Robards as Ellsworth
- Sidney Miller as Jimmy
- Hooper Atchley as Commander Nash
- Robert Frazer as Paul's counsel
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0029994}}
- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/70943/cipher-bureau Turner Classic Movies page]
{{Charles Lamont}}
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Charles Lamont
Category:Grand National Films films
Category:Fiction about cryptography
Category:1930s English-language films
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