British Intelligence

1939 · 61 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 341 VOTES · DIR. Terry O. Morse

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 834 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 - Subtitles - Luís Filipe Bernardes
00:03:15 Instruct Commander Phelps to have a pilot stand by...
00:08:42 Try and go to sleep, please.
00:11:00 Your objective is to deal a death blow to the Allies.
00:13:27 Miss Hautry and Mr. Thompson to see Mr. Bennett.
00:15:11 Oh, they're still at the Savoy.
00:17:32 Not at all.
00:19:42 - But tell me, Schiller... - Valdar!
00:22:26 - I don't know Kurtz. - You will.
00:25:14 You go back upstair.
00:29:54 Why don't you wait a moment? I'll see if we can squeeze you in.
00:32:26 Good bye, I'll see you later.
00:34:16 Now I'm sure.
00:35:59 Very likely we'll have another arrest to make.
00:37:47 That's right, Franz Strendler is the man we've got to catch.
00:40:34 Mr. Bennett, what's wrong?
00:42:26 I've got to get away from here.
00:45:00 People work so they may live.
00:47:48 Lucky stiff you are, being able to come home
00:49:49 - Yes, I am. - I'm Frank Bennett.
00:51:26 That was the night you disappeared.
00:54:24 And now, my dear Fräulein Von Lorbeer,
00:57:01 - Where did he go? - On the coal chute.
01:00:08 ...and on and on.

Cast & Characters

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 Pfalz
David Cavendish Capt. Lanark
Joe De Stefani German Officer
Carlos De Valdez Von Ritter
Clarence Derwent Milkman
Arno Frey German Junior Officer
Frederick Giermann Otto Kurtz
Lawrence Grant Brigadier General Carl Harbaugh German Soldier
Sam Harris Cabinet Minister
Winifred Harris Mrs. Maude Bennett
Leyland Hodgson Lord Sudbury Stuart Holmes Luchow - German Soldier
Willy 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 Officer
Hans Schumm German Senior Officer
John Graham Spacey Crichton - Intelligence Agent
Robert R. Stephenson Cockney Soldier
Evan Thomas Maj. Andrews
David Thursby Agent Reporting Strengler's Identity
Frederick Vogeding Baron Kuglar Leonard Willey Capt. Stuart Maris Wrixon Dorothy Bennett
Henry Zynda German

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed834
Dialogue density13.7 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:00:08

Production Record

DirectorTerry O. Morse
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes341

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