The Secret of Stamboul

The Secret of Stamboul
Directed by	Andrew Marton
Written by	Laslo Benedek George A. Hill Noel Langley Andrew Marton Richard Wainwright Howard Irving Young
Based on	The Eunuch of Stamboul by Dennis Wheatley
Produced by	Richard Wainwright
Starring	Valerie Hobson James Mason Frank Vosper Kay Walsh
Cinematography	Henry Harris
Edited by	Inman Hunter
Music by	Allan Gray
Production company	Richard Wainwright Productions
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release date	6 October 1936
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Secret of Stamboul, also known as The Spy in White, is a 1936 British thriller film, taken from the 1935 novel The Eunuch of Stamboul by Dennis Wheatley, directed by Andrew Marton and starring Valerie Hobson, James Mason and Frank Vosper. It was made at Shepperton Studios. The screenplay concerns a British agent who tries to thwart a revolution.

Premise

A British agent (Mason) travels to Istanbul (Stamboul) to try to thwart a revolution.

Cast

• Valerie Hobson as Tania
• Frank Vosper as Kazdim
• James Mason as Larry
• Kay Walsh as Diana
• Peter Haddon as Peter
• Laura Cowie as Baroness
• Cecil Ramage as Prince Ali
• Robert English as Sir George
• Emilio Cargher as Renouf
• Leonard Sachs as Arif
• Andreas Malandrinos as Moltov

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• The Secret of Stamboul at IMDb