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British Intelligence

- Although the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler.

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the family of a high-placed British official where she is to rendezvous with the butler Valdar, also a spy, and help him transmit secret war plans back to Germany.

Release Date : 1939-11-10

Language :EnglishFrenchGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Enemy Agent

Cast

Character Name : Valdar

Original Name : Boris Karloff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helene von Lorbeer

Original Name : Margaret Lindsay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank Bennett

Original Name : Bruce Lester

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Yeats

Original Name : Leonard Mudie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arthur Bennett

Original Name : Holmes Herbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Bennett

Original Name : Austin Fairman

Gender : Male

Character Name : British Intelligence Agent

Original Name : William Bailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Risdon - Bennett's Secretary

Original Name : Louise Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Under Officer Pfalz

Original Name : Glen Cavender

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Lanark

Original Name : David Cavendish

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Officer

Original Name : Joe De Stefani

Gender : Male

Character Name : Von Ritter

Original Name : Carlos De Valdez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Milkman

Original Name : Clarence Derwent

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Junior Officer

Original Name : Arno Frey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Otto Kurtz

Original Name : Frederick Giermann

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brigadier General

Original Name : Lawrence Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Soldier

Original Name : Carl Harbaugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabinet Minister

Original Name : Sam Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Maude Bennett

Original Name : Winifred Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lord Sudbury

Original Name : Leyland Hodgson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luchow - German Soldier

Original Name : Stuart Holmes

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Corporal

Original Name : Willy Kaufman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cmdr. Phelps

Original Name : Crauford Kent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Borden

Original Name : Morton Lowry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Thompson

Original Name : Lester Matthews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brixton - Intelligence Agent

Original Name : Frank Mayo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peasant

Original Name : Paul Panzer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cockney Soldier

Original Name : John J. Richardson

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Officer

Original Name : Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Senior Officer

Original Name : Hans Schumm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Crichton - Intelligence Agent

Original Name : John Graham Spacey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cockney Soldier

Original Name : Robert R. Stephenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maj. Andrews

Original Name : Evan Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Reporting Strengler's Identity

Original Name : David Thursby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baron Kuglar

Original Name : Frederick Vogeding

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Stuart

Original Name : Leonard Willey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dorothy Bennett

Original Name : Maris Wrixon

Gender : Female

Character Name : German

Original Name : Henry Zynda

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-23

On the face of it, this is just another wartime espionage story where the ending is never really in any doubt. Actually, though, the plot is a bit more interesting. Set during WWI, Margaret Lindsay ("Helene von Lorbeer") is sent to London, to the home of Cabinet Minister "Arthur Bennett" (Holmes Herbert), where she is to rendezvous with his already treacherous butler "Valdar" (Boris Karloff). Once there, we embark on the usual round of who to trust/not to trust storylines as they try to get hold of secret war plans. What stands it out a bit is that is has a certain propheticism about it: it isn't so much telling us the tale set in 1917, but one of the likely pitfalls of megalomania and unbridled ambition in the future; clearly a reference to events looming in 1940 when this was released. It's watchable enough, the small cast is tightly knitted and perform well; the writing does it's job fine and Terry Morse kept me interested for an hour.