The Spy in Black

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

Genre : WarThriller

Runtime : 82 mins

Release Date : 1939-08-03

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This is a classic black and white spy thriller, thought of highly enough to be part of a national project to restore old films. The movie is entertaining, with a couple of departures from normal thrillers, I think (though I am not a follower of the genre). The bulk of the story is told from the ...

Valerie Hobson steals the show here in this dark, tense, wartime espionage drama about a German U-boat captain (Conrad Veidt) sent to the Orkney Islands in WWI to gather intelligence on the British Grand Fleet. Released at the start of the Second World War, this first outing for Powell/Pressberger ...

Cast

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

(Captain Ernst Hardt)

Sebastian Shaw

Sebastian Shaw

(Ashington)

Valerie Hobson

Valerie Hobson

(The School Mistress)

Marius Goring

Marius Goring

(Lieutenant Felix Schuster)

June Duprez

June Duprez

(Anne Burnett)

Athole Stewart

Athole Stewart

(The Rev. Hector Matthews)

Agnes Lauchlan

Agnes Lauchlan

(Mrs. Matthews)

Helen Haye

Helen Haye

(Mrs. Sedley)

Cyril Raymond

Cyril Raymond

(The Rev. John Harris)

George Summers

(Captain Ratter)

Hay Petrie

Hay Petrie

(Engineer)

Grant Sutherland

(Bob Bratt)

Robert Rendel

Robert Rendel

(Admiral)

Mary Morris

Mary Morris

(Chauffeuse)

Margaret Moffatt

(Kate)

Kenneth Warrington

(Commander Denis)

Torin Thatcher

Torin Thatcher

(Submarine Officer)

Esma Cannon

Esma Cannon

(Maggie)

Cyril Chamberlain

Cyril Chamberlain

(Bit Part (uncredited))

Bryan Herbert

Bryan Herbert

(Corporal Guarding POW's on Ferry)

Skelton Knaggs

Skelton Knaggs

(German Sailor looking for Capt. Hardt)

Howard Marion-Crawford

Howard Marion-Crawford

(German Officer in Kieler Hof Hotel)

Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

(Hans - Hotel Receptionist)

John Penrose

John Penrose

(Newlywed at Kiel Hotel)

Johnnie Schofield

Johnnie Schofield

(Armed Guard of POWs on Ferry)

Diana Sinclair-Hall

(Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited))

Graham Stark

Graham Stark

(Bell Boy (uncredited))

Jack Lambert

Jack Lambert

(Passport Official (uncredited))

Jeanne Macintyre

(German Girl (uncredited))

Jack Sharp

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