The Spy in Black (1939) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Michael Powell.

Cast

• Conrad Veidt as Captain Ernst Hardt
• Sebastian Shaw as Ashington
• Valerie Hobson as The School Mistress
• Marius Goring as Lieutenant Felix Schuster
• June Duprez as Anne Burnett
• Athole Stewart as The Rev. Hector Matthews
• Agnes Lauchlan as Mrs. Matthews
• Helen Haye as Mrs. Sedley
• Cyril Raymond as The Rev. John Harris
• George Summers as Captain Ratter
• Hay Petrie as Engineer
• Grant Sutherland as Bob Bratt
• Robert Rendel as Admiral
• Mary Morris as Chauffeuse
• Margaret Moffatt as Kate
• Kenneth Warrington as Commander Denis
• Torin Thatcher as Submarine Officer
• Esma Cannon as Maggie
• Cyril Chamberlain as Bit Part (uncredited)
• Bryan Herbert as Corporal Guarding POW's on Ferry
• Skelton Knaggs as German Sailor looking for Capt. Hardt
• Howard Marion-Crawford as German Officer in Kieler Hof Hotel
• Bernard Miles as Hans - Hotel Receptionist
• John Penrose as Newlywed at Kiel Hotel
• Johnnie Schofield as Armed Guard of POWs on Ferry
• Diana Sinclair-Hall as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
• Graham Stark as Bell Boy (uncredited)
• Jack Lambert as Passport Official (uncredited)
• Jeanne Macintyre as German Girl (uncredited)
• Jack Sharp

Crew

• Michael Powell — Director
• Emeric Pressburger — Screenplay
• Irving Asher — Producer
• Miklós Rózsa — Original Music Composer
• Bernard Browne — Director of Photography
• Alexander Korda — Producer

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