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The Spy in Black

Today's U-boat terror makes this the year's timeliest picture!

  • Movie
  • 1939
  • NR
  • 1h 22m

Directed by Michael Powell

6.4

TMDB audience rating
6.4 out of 10 from 67 votes

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Overview

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

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Cast and crew

  • Conrad Veidt

    Conrad VeidtCaptain Ernst Hardt

  • Sebastian Shaw

    Sebastian ShawAshington

  • Valerie Hobson

    Valerie HobsonThe School Mistress

  • Marius Goring

    Marius GoringLieutenant Felix Schuster

  • June Duprez

    June DuprezAnne Burnett

  • Athole Stewart

    Athole StewartThe Rev. Hector Matthews

  • Agnes LauchlanMrs. Matthews

  • Helen Haye

    Helen HayeMrs. Sedley

  • Cyril Raymond

    Cyril RaymondThe Rev. John Harris

  • George SummersCaptain Ratter

  • Hay Petrie

    Hay PetrieEngineer

  • Grant SutherlandBob Bratt

  • Robert Rendel

    Robert RendelAdmiral

  • Mary Morris

    Mary MorrisChauffeuse

  • Margaret MoffattKate

  • Kenneth WarringtonCommander Denis

  • Torin Thatcher

    Torin ThatcherSubmarine Officer

  • Esma Cannon

    Esma CannonMaggie

Director
Michael Powell
Writer
J. Storer Clouston and Emeric Pressburger
Music
Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography
Bernard Browne