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The Spy In Black 82 minutes, UK (1939), U
(3.5)
Rating: 3.5 Stars
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During WWI, a German naval officer comes to the Orkneys to meet an agent and plan a U-boat attack on the British fleet. But who is tricking whom? Powell and Pressburger's first film, starring Conrad Veidt

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The Spy In Black: With such films as 1943's The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp, 1946's A Matter Of Life And Death and 1948's The Red Shoes, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger are among the most successful filmmakers Britain has ever produced...
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