Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Espionage Agent, like many Warner Bros. movies, clearly identifies the Germans as the enemy.

[1] The film opens with a description of the Black Tom explosion of a munitions supply located in Jersey City on the Hudson River.

Barry Corvall (Joel McCrea), the son of a recently deceased American diplomat, has just got married.

When he discovers that his new wife (Brenda Marshall) is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to expose an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability before war breaks out.

[2] The Norwegian authorities did not provide any reason for the ban just issuing the following statement: The film above is not approved for public viewing in Norway.