British Intelligence (1939) on Netflix
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In World War I, German spy Helene von Lorbeer reaches London as a refugee, Frances Hawtrey. She joins the household of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett; the butler Valdar gives her orders.
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Plot summary
During World War I, the German spy Franz Strendler has cost Britain dearly, and London sends for its own best agent, at work undercover in Germany. Frank Bennett, a pilot, is sent to collect the agent, but the Germans have been warned and shoot his plane down. Bennett survives and recovers in a hospital, where the nurse Helene von Lorbeer cares for him; he declares his love for her, and she replies that she is leaving. She is in fact a German agent, summoned home for an award from the Kaiser and for a new assignment. Posing as a refugee called Frances Hawtrey, she enters the London house of Arthur Bennett, a cabinet minister, and is to send secret war plans to Germany with another agent placed there.
Cast
- Austin Fairmanas George Bennett
- David Cavendishas Capt. Lanark(uncredited)
- Carlos De Valdezas Von Ritter(uncredited)
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- Clarence Derwentas Milkman(uncredited)
- Arno Freyas German Junior Officer(uncredited)
- Frederick Giermannas Otto Kurtz(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about British Intelligence (1939)
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- Warner Bros. began principal photography on British Intelligence in mid-March 1939, and the film reused aerial sequences from the 1930 film The Dawn Patrol.
