Traitor Spy
Appearance
Traitor Spy | |
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Directed by | Walter Summers |
Written by | Jacques Pendower (novel) Jan Van Lusil Walter Summers Ralph Gilbert Bettison |
Produced by | John Argyle |
Starring | Bruce Cabot Marta Labarr Tamara Desni |
Cinematography | Robert LaPresle |
Edited by | Ted Richards |
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 Jacques Pendower.
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:
- 1939 films
- British films
- British mystery thriller films
- British spy thriller films
- 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