Cipher Bureau (film)

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

Turner Classic Movies page

1938 films

American black-and-white films

Films directed by Charles Lamont

Grand National Films films

1938 drama films

American drama films

Cryptography in fiction

1930s English-language films

1930s American films