ActionCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

Spy Hunt

Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a microfilm in the collar of one of the animals. But when the train is derailed in the Swiss Alps and the panthers escape, she is forced to involve him in her mission, which now includes enemy agents hunting the microfilm, the animals, Catherine and Roger.

Release Date : 1950-06-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal International Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Spy RingTrain to Lausanne

Cast

Character Name : Steve Quain

Original Name : Howard Duff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Catherine Ullven

Original Name : Märta Torén

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chris Denson

Original Name : Philip Friend

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stephen Paradou

Original Name : Robert Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul Kopel

Original Name : Philip Dorn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Stahl

Original Name : Walter Slezak

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Heimer

Original Name : Kurt Kreuger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Georg

Original Name : Aram Katcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assassin

Original Name : Ivan Triesault

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assassin

Original Name : Jay Barney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gormand

Original Name : Otto Waldis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ticket Clerk

Original Name : Carl Milletaire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Telegraph Clerk

Original Name : Antonio Filauri

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Italian Woman on Train

Original Name : Carmela Restivo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Italian Man on Train

Original Name : Carlo Tricoli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Italian Man at Ristorante

Original Name : Rudy Silva

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Italian Woman at Ristorante

Original Name : Betty Greco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Peter Ortiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier

Original Name : Peter Applequist

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Jack Chefe

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-13

A top secret microfilm is smuggled via a cigarette and a meatball (don't ask!) into the collar of one of a pair of black panthers being transported by "Quain" (Howard Duff) from Europe to the United States. When their train is derailed and the panthers escape, "Quain" and his newly found journalist pal "Catherine" (Märta Torén) - whom we know to be not quite all she seems - soon find themselves at a local mountain hotel where the prospects of a panther hunt attract both the army and a few colonial-types who fancy a bit of a big game hunt. The arrival of "Paradou" (Robert Douglas) reinforces the threat to the beasts and to anyone who gets in the way of those malevolently determined to secure this (pretty robust) little document. What now ensues doesn't auger very well for these lithe and beautiful creatures, nor for "Quain" and "Catherine" either unless they can keep alert and stay one step ahead of their rivals. The beginning of this is quite fun, the middle portion quite intriguing, but the concluding third of the film is all just a little bit too formulaic. The presence of Douglas does little to enhance any sense of jeopardy, but he does always manage to exude a degree of nastiness and that compensates a little before the denouement. The production is rudimentary - lots of fairly obvious green-screen effects that suggest they never left California, but in the end it's a watchable, amiable, crime thriller that passes seventy-five minutes effortlessly enough.