Spy in Black Movie Review 1939

A German submarine captain returns from duty at sea during WWI and is assigned to infiltrate one of the Orkney Islands and obtain confidential British information. Known in the U.S. as "U-Boat 29," this film is based on a J. Storer Clouston novel. This was the first teaming of director Powell and writer Pressburger, who followed with "Contraband" in 1940.

Distribution

Grapevine Video, PO Box 46161, Phoenix, AZ 85063, Phone: (602)973-3661, Fax: (602)973-2973, Email: jbhandy@grapevinevideo.com, URL: http://www.grapevinevideo.com

Available on VHS
Running time 82 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Spies & Espionage, World War I, World War I Spies

Cast

Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Sebastian Shaw, Marius Goring, June Duprez, Helen Haye, Cyril Raymond, Hay Petrie

Director

Michael Powell

Music

Miklos Rozsa

Producer

Korda