British Intelligence

Director: Terry O. Morse, Terry Morse

Overview

"Boris Karloff stars as a German spy in the 1940 espionage thriller British Intelligence, based on a play by Anthony Paul Kelly. This Alpha Video DVD presents the film with a full-frame transfer in the original black-and-white. The Dolby Digital Mono soun

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2003
UPC:	0089218412799
Original Release:	1940
Rating:	NR
Source:	Alpha Video
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:01:00
Sales rank:	54,658

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Boris Karloff	Valdar
Margaret Lindsay	Helene von Lorbeer
Maris Wrixon	Dorothy Bennett
Leonard Mudie	James Yeats
Bruce Lester	Frank Bennett
Holmes Herbert	Arthur Bennett
Winifred Harris	Mrs. Bennett
Lester Matthews	Thompson
John Spacey	Crichton
Austin Fairman	George Bennett
Clarence Derwent	Milkman
Louise Brien	Miss Risdon
Fredrik Vogeding	Kuglar
Carlos de Valdez	Von Ritter
Willy Kaufman	Corporal
Frank Mayo	Brixton
Stuart Holmes	Luchow
Sidney Bracey	Crowder
Jack Mower	Morton
Bruce Lister	Frank Bennett
Heinz Roemheld	Composer

Technical Credits

John Kangan

Lee Katz

Bryan Foy	Producer
John Kangan	Screenwriter
Lee Katz	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Chapter 1 [9:06]
2. Chapter 2 [11:28]
3. Chapter 3 [8:57]
4. Chapter 4 [10:26]
5. Chapter 5 [9:09]
6. Chapter 6 [11:11]

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Editorial Reviews

While twiddling his thumbs waiting for horror films to make their eagerly anticipated comeback, Boris Karloff plays a German spy masquerading as a French servant masquerading as a British counter-espionage agent masquerading as a German spy, etc., etc. Or is it the other way around? Meanwhile, leading lady Margaret Lindsay does him one better by playing a British intelligence officer masquerading as a German spy masquerading as a British counter-intelligence officer masquerading as a German spy. Confused? Well, British Intelligence, if nothing else, proves that the English Secret Service was almost as dense -- but only almost -- as its German counterpart during World War I. Or is it World War II? With all the veiled references to a certain Herr Hitler, it is hard to pinpoint which. All of which add up to perhaps Karloff's most tedious Warner Bros. vehicle.