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Traitor Spy
Directed byWalter Summers
Written byJacques Pendower (novel)
Jan Van Lusil
Walter Summers
Ralph Gilbert Bettison
Produced byJohn Argyle
StarringBruce Cabot
Marta Labarr
Tamara Desni
CinematographyRobert LaPresle
Edited byTed Richards
Production
company
Rialto Pictures
Distributed byPathé Pictures International
Release date
December 1939
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

References

  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ "Traitor Spy (1940)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 25 April 2018.