Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948)

Directed by

Alfred J. Goulding

Genre

spy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

4.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British intelligence agent takes on a criminal gang planning to steal a secret weapon. He works with his sidekicks and a police inspector to stop them.

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What happens

Dick Barton: Special Agent (released to television in the USA as Dick Barton, Detective) is a 1948 British second feature ('B') spy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Don Stannard. It was written by Goulding and Alan Stranks, adapted from the extremely popular BBC radio serial Dick Barton – Special Agent. It was the first of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about the British agent, followed by Dick Barton at Bay and Dick Barton Strikes Back. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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