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British Intelligence

5.8/10
TMDB25 votes
1939Original: English61 min

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.

Genres: War, Drama
Cast: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert

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About 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.

British Intelligence (1939) is a film in the war, drama genres. Directed by Terry O. Morse. The cast includes Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie.

Released
1939-11-10
Original language
English
Runtime
61 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Writers
Lee Katz

British Intelligence cast & characters

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5.8/10 from 25 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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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…

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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.

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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.

Who stars in British Intelligence?

Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Austin Fairman. See the cast cards above for character names.

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