British Intelligence (1940)
- Directed by
- Terry O. Morse
- Genre
- propaganda film, spy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 01m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During World War I, a German spy infiltrates a British household to steal military secrets. Boris Karloff plays a butler who may be part of the intelligence game.
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What happens
British Intelligence is a 1940 spy film set in World War I. It was directed by Terry O. Morse and stars Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay. The film, also known as Enemy Agent, was released in the United States in January 1940. The Warner Bros. B picture was based on a 1918 play Three Faces East written by Anthony Paul Kelly and produced on the stage by George M. Cohan. Two film adaptations of Three Faces East in 1926 and 1930 preceded British Intelligence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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