The Spy in Black

The Spy in Black

82 mins | Thriller, War | Aug. 3, 1939

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

The Spy in Black

82 mins | Thriller, War | Aug. 3, 1939

The Spy in Black
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers London Film Productions, Irving Asher Productions
Original title The Spy in Black
Directors Patrick Jennings, Michael Powell
Writers J. Storer Clouston, Roland Pertwee, Emeric Pressburger

Cast

Conrad Veidt

as Captain Ernst Hardt

Sebastian Shaw

as Ashington

Valerie Hobson

as The School Mistress

Marius Goring

as Lieutenant Felix Schuster

June Duprez

as Anne Burnett

Athole Stewart

as The Rev. Hector Matthews

Agnes Lauchlan

as Mrs. Matthews

Helen Haye

as Mrs. Sedley

Cyril Raymond

as The Rev. John Harris

George Summers

as Captain Ratter

Hay Petrie

as Engineer

Grant Sutherland

as Bob Bratt

Robert Rendel

as Admiral

Mary Morris

as Chauffeuse

Kenneth Warrington

as Commander Denis

Torin Thatcher

as Submarine Officer

Esma Cannon

as Maggie

Cyril Chamberlain

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Bryan Herbert

as Corporal Guarding POW's on Ferry

Skelton Knaggs

as German Sailor looking for Capt. Hardt

Howard Marion-Crawford

as German Officer in Kieler Hof Hotel

Bernard Miles

as Hans - Hotel Receptionist

John Penrose

as Newlywed at Kiel Hotel

Johnnie Schofield

as Armed Guard of POWs on Ferry

Diana Sinclair-Hall

as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Graham Stark

as Bell Boy (uncredited)

Jack Lambert

as Passport Official (uncredited)

Jeanne Macintyre

as German Girl (uncredited)