

The Spy in Black
DirectorMichael Powell
“Today's U-boat terror makes this the year's timeliest picture!”
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
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The Spy in Black 1939 Trailer | Conrad Veidt | Valerie Hobson
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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 Matthews

Agnes Lauchlan
Mrs. Matthews

Helen Haye
Mrs. Sedley

Cyril Raymond
The Rev. John Harris
George Summers
Captain Ratter

Hay Petrie
Engineer
Grant Sutherland
Bob Bratt
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