Traitor Spy
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Directed by | Walter Summers |
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Produced by | John Argyle |
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Cinematography | Robert LaPresle |
Edited by | |
Production company | Rialto Pictures |
Distributed by | Pathé Pictures International |
Release date | December 1939 |
Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Traitor Spy is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Walter Summers and starring Bruce Cabot, Marta Labarr, Tamara Desni and Edward Lexy.[1] It was shot at Welwyn Studios with sets designed by Ian White. It has also been released under the title The Torso Murder Mystery.[2] The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by .
Premise[]
Both Scotland Yard and the security services are on the trail of some stolen blueprints and believe there is a link with a headless body discovered in Devon.
Cast[]
- Bruce Cabot as Jim Healey
- Marta Labarr as Freyda Healey
- Tamara Desni as Marie Dufreyne
- Romilly Lunge as Beverley Blake
- Edward Lexy as Inspector Barnard
- Cyril Smith as Sergeant Trotter
- Percy Walsh as Lemnel
- Eve Lynd as Florrie McGowan
- Alexander Field as Yorky Meane
- Hilary Pritchard as Toni Vencini
- Davina Craig as Mabel
- Vincent Holman as Hawkeye
- Anthony Shaw as Commander Anderson
- Peter Gawthorne as Commissioner
- Sic Jukes as Hubert Kessler
- Frederick Valk as German Ambassador
References[]
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Traitor Spy (1940)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
External links[]
- Traitor Spy at IMDb
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1939 films
- British films
- British mystery thriller films
- British spy thriller films
- 1930s English-language films
- Films directed by Walter Summers
- Films set in London
- Films set in Devon
- Films shot at Welwyn Studios
- 1930s spy thriller films
- 1930s mystery thriller films
- 1930s British film stubs
- British black-and-white films