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Spy of Napoleon is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Richard Barthelmess, Dolly Haas, Frank Vosper, Henry Oscar and James Carew. It is based on the 1934 novel A Spy of Napoleon by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, best known for writing The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Spy of Napoleon
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	Emmuska Orczy (novel) Fred V. Merrick L. du Garde Peach Harold Simpson
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Starring	Richard Barthelmess Dolly Haas Frank Vosper Francis L. Sullivan
Cinematography	Curt Courant
Edited by	Jack Harris
Music by	W.L. Trytel
Production company	Twickenham Studios
Release date	9 September 1936 (1936-09-09)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

An illegitimate daughter of Louis Napoleon is taken on as an agent by Napoleon III, ruler of France, who wishes her to spy on the aristocracy whom he suspects of wanting to overthrow him.[1]

Cast

• Richard Barthelmess - Gerard de Lanoy
• Dolly Haas - Eloise
• Frank Vosper - Napoleon III
• Francis L. Sullivan - Chief of Police
• Joyce Bland - Empress Eugenie
• C. Denier Warren - Benicolet
• Henry Oscar - Hugo Blot
• Marjorie Mars - Anna
• Brian Buschell - Phillippe St. Paul
• Lyn Harding - Bismarck
• Wilfrid Caithness - Von Moltke
• George Merritt - Prussian Consul
• Stafford Hillard - Newspaper seller
• James Carew - Gatling

References

External links

• Spy of Napoleon at IMDb

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