I recently watched this movie for the first time on TCM. It was easy to compare to the later Foreign Correspondent, but I thought there were several points where it could have been helped by some added tension and drama. At some times it seemed like more of a documentary than a feature movie. The only time a character seemed remotely in danger was when McCrea's wife was taken away on a train, but that was quickly and easily dealt with. Overall, I enjoyed the movie, mostly for its historical context, but I would have liked to have seen more dramatic tension. Near the end of the movie, when McCrea and his wife are flying back to England, it is mentioned that they only have a few hours to catch the Queen Mary, the last ship to leave England (really?). Cut to some stock footage of the QM in port, and the next thing you know, they're back in Washington. I guess that in 1939, they couldn't even begin to imagine the horrors of the war to come.
Review of Espionage Agent
