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.
- 5.7
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 1m
Boris Karloff
Valdar
Margaret Lindsay
Helene von Lorbeer
Bruce Lester
Frank Bennett
Leonard Mudie
James Yeats
Holmes Herbert
Arthur Bennett
Austin Fairman
George Bennett
William Bailey
British Intelligence Agent
Louise Brien
Miss Risdon - Bennett's Secretary
Glen Cavender
Under Officer PfalzDavid Cavendish
Capt. Lanark
Joe De Stefani
German OfficerCarlos De Valdez
Von RitterClarence Derwent
MilkmanArno Frey
German Junior OfficerFrederick Giermann
Otto Kurtz
Lawrence Grant
Brigadier General
Carl Harbaugh
German SoldierSam Harris
Cabinet Minister
Winifred Harris
Mrs. Maude Bennett
Leyland Hodgson
Lord Sudbury
Stuart Holmes
Luchow - German SoldierWilly Kaufman
German Corporal
Crauford Kent
Cmdr. Phelps
Morton Lowry
Lt. Borden
Lester Matthews
Henry Thompson
Frank Mayo
Brixton - Intelligence Agent
Paul Panzer
Peasant
John J. Richardson
Cockney Soldier
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
German OfficerHans Schumm
German Senior OfficerJohn Graham Spacey
Crichton - Intelligence AgentRobert R. Stephenson
Cockney SoldierEvan Thomas
Maj. AndrewsDavid Thursby
Agent Reporting Strengler's Identity
Frederick Vogeding
Baron Kuglar
Leonard Willey
Capt. Stuart
Maris Wrixon
Dorothy BennettHenry Zynda
German
Released
en
- #london, england
- #world war i
- #secret agent
- #double agent
- #female spy
- #german spy
- #spy thriller
- #counter-espionage
- #bombing mission
Reviews
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