British Intelligence
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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.”
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.
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Cast
38 people
Boris Karloff
Valdar
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Bride of Frankenstein
Margaret Lindsay
Helene von Lorbeer
Known for
Scarlet Street
Jezebel
Bruce Lester
Frank Bennett
Known for
The Letter
Pride and Prejudice
Leonard Mudie
James Yeats
Known for
The Mummy
Limelight
Holmes Herbert
Arthur Bennett
Known for
The Invisible Man
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Austin Fairman
George Bennett
Also in
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
The Empty House
William Bailey
British Intelligence Agent
Also in
The Three Musketeers
Back to the Old Farm
Louise Brien
Miss Risdon - Bennett's Secretary
Also in
The Constant Nymph
Tower of London
Glen Cavender
Under Officer Pfalz
Known for
The General
The New Janitor
David Cavendish
Capt. Lanark
Also in
Captain Blood
Random Harvest
Joe De Stefani
German Officer
Also in
The Man They Could Not Hang
Sky Bandits
Carlos De Valdez
Von Ritter
Also in
Blockade
Bordertown
Terry O. Morse Director · Lee Katz Screenplay Anthony Paul Kelly Author
United States release January 29, 1940 · Produced in United States · Languages English, French, German
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
Australia · November 10, 1939
Theatrical · (Melbourne Australia)
United States · January 29, 1940
Theatrical
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