Ring of Spies (1964)

Directed by

Robert Tronson

Genre

docudrama, spy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a docudrama about the Portland spy ring, a real espionage case that stirred up anticommunist fears in 1960s Britain. It follows the people involved in the spy operation and the authorities who closed in on them.

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What happens

Ring of Spies (also known as Ring of Treason) is a 1964 British spy film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Bernard Lee, William Sylvester and Margaret Tyzack. It was written by Peter Barnes and Frank Launder based on the real-life case of the Portland spy ring, whose activities prompted "Reds under the bed" scare stories in the British popular press in the early 1960s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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