"ESPIONAGE AGENT."

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 97, 24 April 1940, Page 14

"ESPIONAGE AGENT."

CIVICS NEXT ATTRACTION. A til in thai would ha\ e pi ovidcd good <■111011 ;i i miion l .11 any tunc. "Espionage Agonl."' which i>|>ons at the Civic Theatre on I'i iday, is likoly lo l»o oven more |ii>|i:il,ir now ill,in it would have been in mure nettled tliii'-s. 'I ho uncovel mg ol a l.ii ;'incal<' s]>\ l inn by an elit'ei pi ising xoinn; couple. provides the theme of the tilm. " Inch is pa< kod with action iioni si,ut lo finish. The vigorous inetho<ls employed by the star. husky Joel McClca. will lind lavoiu wit ii ,i lai go xvtimi oi Auckland's tilm-goiii-: public: the tine acting ol this pl.i.xer is. hi lact. one of I'he highlights of the tilm, according to reliable advance loports. He lias made Humorous success: nl appearances. and it is significant that each one is at least as good, it not bettor than the previous one; he rarely backslides. Pretty Bl enda Marshall pi ovidrts what Americans call the "heart int'erest," and she giv<*, an impulsive perfoi malice in her tn*t bie part. Jeffrey Lynn. George Haucrott and Stanley Bridges have tlie main supporting roles. "Kspion.ige Agent" might lxr called a sc«luel In the "('oniessions of a Nazi Spy." xvitli the modification that, whereas Che ionner Has a plain exposure of Xa/.i espionage methods, the latter hat, in addition. a nleaisant romance mlining through it. The picture begins as a preachment against alien spy activity in the United Stato. and ends with the hero and heroine breaking tip a ep\ line operating in Geneva.