The Spy in Black backdrop

The Spy in Black 1939 Directed by Michael 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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Languages English , German , Hungarian
Budget $4,700,000
Release Date 3 August 1939
82 mins
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
Mary Morris Chauffeuse
Kenneth Warrington Commander Denis
Torin Thatcher Submarine Officer
Esma Cannon Maggie
Cyril Chamberlain Bit Part (uncredited)
Bryan Herbert Corporal Guarding POW's on Ferry
Skelton Knaggs German Sailor looking for Capt. Hardt
Howard Marion-Crawford German Officer in Kieler Hof Hotel
Bernard Miles Hans - Hotel Receptionist
John Penrose Newlywed at Kiel Hotel
Johnnie Schofield Armed Guard of POWs on Ferry
Diana Sinclair-Hall Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Graham Stark Bell Boy (uncredited)
Jack Lambert Passport Official (uncredited)
Jeanne Macintyre German Girl (uncredited)