The Spy in Black
Today's U-boat terror makes this the year's timeliest picture!
6.4
66 votes
1939
1h 22m
War
Thriller
Overview
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
Directed by Michael Powell
Top cast
Conrad Veidt
Captain Ernst Hardt
Sebastian Shaw
Ashington
Valerie Hobson
The School Mistress
Marius Goring
Lieutenant Felix Schuster
June Duprez
Anne Burnett
Athole Stewart
The Rev. Hector MatthewsA
Agnes Lauchlan
Mrs. Matthews
Helen Haye
Mrs. Sedley
Cyril Raymond
The Rev. John HarrisG
George Summers
Captain Ratter
Hay Petrie
EngineerG
Grant Sutherland
Bob Bratt
Robert Rendel
Admiral
Mary Morris
ChauffeuseM
Margaret Moffatt
KateK
Kenneth Warrington
Commander Denis
Torin Thatcher
Submarine Officer
Esma Cannon
Maggie
Cyril Chamberlain
Bit Part (uncredited)
Bryan Herbert
Corporal Guarding POW's on FerryDetails
Status
Released
Release date
August 3, 1939
Budget
$4.7M
Revenue
—
Language
German, Hungarian, English
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