Counterspy
5.4
“Espionage! Intrigue! Murder!”
While perusing the books of an engineering company, fastidious auditor Frank Manning encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claiming she is being blackmailed. She begs him to find certain letters and he eventually agrees. Having obtained the letters, he takes them to a specified address where, to his horror, he finds a man, fully clothed, dead in the bath.
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Dermot Walsh
Frank Manning
Known for
The Flesh and the Fiends
Hazel Court
Clare Manning
Known for
The Masque of the Red Death
The Curse of Frankenstein
Hermione Baddeley
Madame Del Mar
Known for
Mary Poppins
The Secret of NIMH
Alexander Gauge
Smith
Also in
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Bill Travers
Rex
Known for
Gorgo
Born Free
Archie Duncan
Jim Fenton
Known for
The Wilby Conspiracy
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
James Vivian
Larry Fenton
Frederick Schrecker
Plattnaur
Also in
Foreign Intrigue
Billion Dollar Brain
John Penrose
Paulson
Known for
Kind Hearts and Coronets
They Made Me a Fugitive
Hugh Latimer
Inspector Barlow
Also in
The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel
School for Sex
Beryl Baxter
Plattnauer's Accomplice
Also in
Idol of Paris
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Gwen Bacon
Matron
Also in
Mandy
Burnt Evidence
Vernon Sewell Director · Guy Elmes Writer Gaston Lazare Writer
United States release October 2, 1953 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Merton Park Studios
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 27, 1953
Theatrical
United States · October 2, 1953
Theatrical
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