The Spy in Black (1939)
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The Spy In Black is the story of a German World War I submarine captain (Conrad Veidt) who is given a mission to discover British intelligence secrets. Once he arrives in the Orkney Islands, he meets up with a female schoolteacher (Valerie Hobson), who happens to be a German agent. Veidt falls in love with Hobson before discovering she's actually a double agent for the British. In America, Spy in Black was originally released under the title U-Boat 29. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- Starring:
- Conrad Veidt, Sebastian Shaw, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Powell
Synopsis of The Spy in Black
The Spy In Black is the story of a German World War I submarine captain (Conrad Veidt) who is given a mission to discover British intelligence secrets. Once he arrives in the Orkney Islands, he meets up with a female schoolteacher (Valerie Hobson), who happens to be a German agent. Veidt falls in love with Hobson before discovering she's actually a double agent for the British. In America, Spy in Black was originally released under the title U-Boat 29. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Spy in Black
- Conrad Veidt - Capt. Hardt
- Valerie Hobson - Jill Blacklock
- June Duprez - Anne Burnett
- Athole Stewart - Rev. Hector Matthews
- Helen Haye - Mrs. Sedley
- George Summers - Capt. Ratter
- Hay Petrie - Chief Engineer
- Kenneth Warrington - Commander Denis
- Torin Thatcher - Submarine officer
- Bernard Miles - Desk Clerk
- Sebastian Shaw - Cdr. Davis Blacklock
- Marius Goring - Lt. Schuster
- Mary Morris - Chauffeuse
- Agnes Laughlan - Mrs. Matthews
- Cyril Raymond - Rev. John Harris
- Margaret Moffat - Kate
- Grant Sutherland - Bob Bratt
- Robert Rendel - Admiral
- Esma Cannon - Unnamed Character
- Skelton Knaggs - Unnamed Character
- Director(s):
- Michael Powell
- Writer(s):
- Emeric Pressburger, Roland Pertwee
- Producer(s):
- Irving Asher
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