The Spy in Black (1939)

Movie Details

Original Title The Spy in Black

Original Language EN

Budget $4,668,069

Status Released

Popularity 0.6

Cast

Conrad Veidt

Captain Ernst Hardt

Popularity: 0.5

Sebastian Shaw

Ashington

Popularity: 0.4

Valerie Hobson

The School Mistress

Popularity: 2.5

Marius Goring

Lieutenant Felix Schuster

Popularity: 2.8

June Duprez

Anne Burnett

Popularity: 0.8

Athole Stewart

The Rev. Hector Matthews

Popularity: 0.1

Agnes Lauchlan

Mrs. Matthews

Popularity: 0.2

Helen Haye

Mrs. Sedley

Popularity: 1.5

Cyril Raymond

The Rev. John Harris

Popularity: 3.1

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George Summers

Captain Ratter

Popularity: 0.1

Hay Petrie

Engineer

Popularity: 0.2

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Grant Sutherland

Bob Bratt

Popularity: 0.3

Key Crew

Director Michael Powell

Producer Irving Asher, Alexander Korda

Screenplay Emeric Pressburger

Editor Hugh Stewart

Production

Irving Asher Productions

London Films Productions

Videos & Trailers

The Spy in Black 1939 Trailer | Conrad Veidt | Valerie Hobson

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Keywords

northern england submarine world war i sea battle german spy british fleet german navy triple agent torpedoed ship orkney counter-espionage imposter

Reviews from TMDB

Peter McGinn 7/10

Apr 27, 2021

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 p ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Mar 28, 2022

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 d ... Read more