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

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.

tensepatrioticdatedmelodramaticconspiratorialfast-pacedformulaicwar-time

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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