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My Favorite Spy

Year:

1942

Duration:

86 min

Genres:

Comedy | Musical

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Tay Garnett

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1942-06-12

Cast

Actor

Character

Bobby Barber

Kay Kyser

Ellen Drew

Teresa 'Terry' Kyser

Jane Wyman

Connie

Robert Armstrong

Harry Robinson

Helen Westley

Aunt Jessie

William Demarest

Flower Pot Policeman

Una O'Connor

Cora

Lionel Royce

Winters

Moroni Olsen

Major Allen

George Cleveland

Gus

Vaughan Glaser

Colonel Moffett (as Vaughn Glaser)

Hobart Cavanaugh

Jules

Chester Clute

Higgenbotham

Teddy Hart

Complaining Soldier

Kay Kyser Band

Kay Kyser's Band (as Kay Kyser's Band)

Harry Babbitt

Member Key Kyser's Band

M.A. Bogue

Ish Kabibble - Member Kay Kyser's Band (as Ish Kabibble)

Sully Mason

Member Key Kyser's Band

Trudy Erwin

Member Key Kyser's Band (as Trudy Irwin)

Dorothy Dunn

Member Key Kyser's Band

Louis Adlon

Herman (uncredited)

Murray Alper

Kay's 1st Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Vince Barnett

Kay's 2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Turnkey (uncredited)

Ernst Brengt

Man at Piazza (uncredited)

James Carlisle

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Dick Cherney

Recruit Smelling Gas (uncredited)

James Conaty

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Harold Daniels

Madden (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

Eberle (uncredited)

Edgar Dearing

Police Sergeant in Bumped Car (uncredited)

Carli Elinor

Phillips (uncredited)

Sam Finn

Henchman (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Last Recruit Smelling Gas (uncredited)

William Forrest

Captain Green (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bud Geary

Undercover Marine (uncredited)

Edmund Glover

Johnny Spelvin (uncredited)

Roy Gordon

Major Updyke (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Jones - Undercover Marine (uncredited)

Kit Guard

Dave (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Kelly's Patron (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Henry Hebert

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Al Hill

Mr. Cooper (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

2nd Speaker in Park (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Minister at Wedding (uncredited)

John James

Recruit (uncredited)

Harold Krueger

Jail Inmate (uncredited)

Larry Lawson

Marine Catching Kay (uncredited)

Richard Martin

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John McGuire

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Pat McKee

Kelly's Patron (uncredited)

Walter Merrill

Man in Allen's Office (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Field Norton

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Jack Norton

Orchid Room Drunk (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

Speedy (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Henchman (uncredited)

Dorothy Phillips

Woman at Wedding (uncredited)

Walter Reed

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Bert Roach

Pedestrian in Park (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

Tough Waiter at Kelly's (uncredited)

Ronald R. Rondell

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore

1st Speaker in Park (uncredited)

William Ruhl

Major Allen's Friend (uncredited)

Sammy Stein

Marine Socking Kay (uncredited)

Jack Stoney

Henchman (uncredited)

Charles Williams

3rd Speaker in Park (uncredited)

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Trivia

Warren Hymer (Jessie's Taxi Driver), Matt Moore (Desk Sergeant) and Ralph Sanford (Theater Policeman) are in studio records/casting call lists for their parts, but were not seen in the movie. Pre-production news items added Harold Lloyd (as a Recuit) and Ginny Simms in the cast, but they did not appear in the movie either.

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The War Department Motion Picture Board of Review initially rejected the film for release because the story misrepresented the Army Intelligence Division as engaging in espionage. After studio revisions, the film was still refused approval because the Army said that Kay Kyser's character would never be called into the Intelligence Service without qualifications and training. Producer Harold Lloyd suggested that Kyser get the orders from a mixup of names, but that revision was still rejected because the Army did not want a commissioned officer to be made to be the object of ridicule. A further revision having Kyser decommissioned and entering the Intelligence Service as a civilian was finally approved by the War Department. Additional scenes were filmed in late February 1942 to make the changes in the film.

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Teddy Hart, the very diminutive brother of the great lyricist Lorenz Hart (Rodgers & Hart), has a tiny role as the complaining solider in the early Army training base sequences. Teddy had the lead in the Broadway production of his brother's Musical "The Boys From Syracuse" but never ever equaled his brother's success.

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Quotes

Connie: Do you want to ruin everything?

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