CIPHER BUREAU (1938) Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters & Joan Woodbury | Action, Adventure, Crime | B&W

Cipher Bureau is a 1938 American film directed by Charles Lamont. The film was successful enough to elicit a sequel, Panama Patrol.

SYNOPSIS
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.

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 & CREW
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

Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Arthur Hoerl, from a Monroe Shaff story
Produced by Franklyn Warner
Cinematography Arthur Martinelli
Distributed by Grand National Pictures
Release date October 26, 1938
Running time 64 minutes
Country United States
Language English