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British Intelligence (1939)

NR11/10/1939Action, Adventure1h 1m
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Although the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler.

Overview

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.

Top Billed Cast

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    Boris Karloff

    Valdar

  2. Cast 1

    Margaret Lindsay

    Helene von Lorbeer

  3. Cast 1

    Bruce Lester

    Frank Bennett

  4. Cast 1

    Leonard Mudie

    James Yeats

  5. Cast 1

    Holmes Herbert

    Arthur Bennett

  6. Austin Fairman

    George Bennett

  7. Cast 1

    William Bailey

    British Intelligence Agent

  8. Cast 1

    Louise Brien

    Miss Risdon - Bennett's Secretary

  9. Cast 1

    Glen Cavender

    Under Officer Pfalz

On the face of it, this is just another wartime espionage story where the ending is never really in any doubt. Actually, though, the plot is a bit more interesting. Set during WWI, Margaret Lindsay ("Helene von Lorbeer") is sent to London, to the home of Cabinet Minister "Arthur Bennett" (Holmes Herbert), where she is to rendezvous with his already treacherous butler "Valdar" (Boris Karloff). Once there, we embark on the usual round of who to trust/not to trust storylines as they try to get hold of secret war plans. What stands it out a bit is that is has a certain propheticism about it: it is...

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