30 Dec Confessions of a Nazi Spy
“How do we know he isn’t a United States government agent?” … “The United States government doesn’t think it’s necessary to have a counter espionage system.” (Two Nazi’s speaking to each other about one of their American spy recruits)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy, a WWII Movie starring Edward G. Robinson
(1939) TCM’s Robert Osborne introduced this movie by describing it as causing quite an international hoopla, being the first Hollywood movie to attack the Nazi party … coming out before the US had entered World War II.
Edward G. Robinson, who starred as the FBI agent who uncovered a startling Nazi spy network, received death threats as did the Warner brothers who produced it.
The story is based on articles written by FBI agent Leon G. Turrou, as shown in the credits. I was astonished when I realized how effectively the Germans were able to infiltrate our military.
Confessions of a Nazi Spy on amazon.com
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