The Spy in Black (1939)

19391h 18mdir. Michael PowellUnited Kingdomspy film

With Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Marius Goring, Sebastian Shaw, Helen Haye, June Duprez, Skelton Knaggs, Torin Thatcher

Directed by Michael Powell

The Spy in Black (US: U-boat 29) is a 1939 British spy film, and the first collaboration between the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. They were brought together by Alexander Korda to make a First World War spy thriller novel, The Spy in Black by Joseph Storer Clouston, into a film. Powell and Pressburger eventually made over 20 films during the course of their partnership.

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