Spy for a Day

Spy for a Day is a 1940 British comedy thriller film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Douglas Wakefield, Paddy Browne and Jack Allen. The screenplay concerns a British farmer who is abducted by the Germans during World War I.

Premise
During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.

Cast

 * Douglas Wakefield as Sam Gates
 * Paddy Browne as Martha Clowes
 * Jack Allen as Captain Bradshaw
 * Albert Lieven as Captain Hausemann
 * Nicholas Hannen as Colonel Pemberton
 * Gibb McLaughlin as Colonel Ludwig
 * Allan Jeayes as Colonel Roberts
 * Alf Goddard as Sergeant Bryan
 * George Hayes as Corporal Boehme
 * Eliot Makeham as Trufit
 * Hay Petrie as Britt
 * O. B. Clarence as Medical Officer