Madame Spy

Madame Spy

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 21, 1918

Robert "Bob" Wesley horrifies his father, Admiral John Wesley of the Naval Advisory Board, by failing his examination at the Annapolis naval academy. Bob seizes the chance to redeem himself, however, when he overhears Hanson, the butler, plotting with German agent Count Von Ornstorff to deliver his father's plans for the Atlantic coastal defenses to German Baroness Von Hulda. In Baltimore, Bob meets the baroness' ship and, with the aid of an old college professor, makes her his prisoner. Having impersonated a woman in the college play, Bob disguises himself as the baroness, rendezvous with the spies, and obtains the plans.

Madame Spy

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 21, 1918

Madame Spy
Robert "Bob" Wesley horrifies his father, Admiral John Wesley of the Naval Advisory Board, by failing his examination at the Annapolis naval academy. Bob seizes the chance to redeem himself, however, when he overhears Hanson, the butler, plotting with German agent Count Von Ornstorff to deliver his father's plans for the Atlantic coastal defenses to German Baroness Von Hulda. In Baltimore, Bob meets the baroness' ship and, with the aid of an old college professor, makes her his prisoner. Having impersonated a woman in the college play, Bob disguises himself as the baroness, rendezvous with the spies, and obtains the plans.
Producers Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Original title Madame Spy
Directors Douglas Gerrard
Writers Lee Morrison, Harvey Gates

Cast

Jack Mulhall

as Robert Wesley

Donna Drew

as Phyllis Covington

Wadsworth Harris

as Adm. John Wesley

George Gebhardt

as Hanson (as George Gebhart)

Jean Hersholt

as Count Von Ornstorff

Claire Du Brey

as Baroness Von Hulda

Maude Emory

as Margaret Wesley