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Q Planes (Clouds Over Europe) (1939): Dir. Tim Whelan
Feat. Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson; Delightfully preposterous comedy–thriller about superspys attempting to steal British aircraft secrets. Amid the secret rays and droll…
Spy In Black, The (U-Boat 29) (1939): Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, June Duprez; The brilliant debut collaboration between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (COLONEL BLIMP, THE RED SHOES), twists an already exciting spy yarn…
Dark Journey (1937): Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Ursula Jeans…; British spy caper with Leigh as a French spy falling for a German double–agent.
Secret Agent, The (1936): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud; Peter Lorre plays a reluctant officer assigned to kill a WW2 spy. Good Hitchcock fare from his early career.
39 Steps, The (1935): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Madeleine Carroll, Robert Donat, Peggy Ashcroft; A ripping yarn about a innocent man embroiled in a spy conspiracy and is chased across Scotland. Set a sophisticated precedent for the spy/thriller…
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934): Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Leslie Banks, Peter Lorre; Peter Lorre stars in this original version as the villain who kidnaps an innocent man's child to ensure his silence. Budget limitations are overcome…
Mata Hari (1931): Dir. George Fitzmaurice
Feat. Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore…; Heavily fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, the exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I. Garbo is magnetic…
Spies (Spione) (1928): Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Willy Fritsch; Post WWI Europe provides a volatile backdrop for this silent spy–saga, whose brilliant visual flourishes and 'house–of–mirrors'…

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