The Spy in Black
1939 film by Michael Powell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Spy in Black (US: U-boat 29) is a 1939 British film, and the first collaboration between the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. They were brought together by Alexander Korda to make the World War I spy thriller novel of the same title by Joseph Storer Clouston into a film. Powell and Pressburger eventually made over 20 films during the course of their partnership.
| The Spy in Black (U-Boat 29) | |
|---|---|
 U.S. film poster | |
| Directed by | Michael Powell |
| Written by | Roland Pertwee (scenario) Emeric Pressburger (screenplay) |
| Based on | The Spy in Black 1917 novel by J. Storer Clouston |
| Produced by | Alexander Korda Irving Asher |
| Starring | Conrad Veidt Valerie Hobson Sebastian Shaw |
| Cinematography | Bernard Browne |
| Edited by | Hugh Stewart |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa Muir Mathieson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | 3 August 1939 (UK) 5 October (NYC) 7 October (US general) |
Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £47,300[1] |
The Spy in Black stars Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson and Sebastian Shaw, with Marius Goring and Torin Thatcher as two German submarine officers. Grant Sutherland, a minister in Powell's The Edge of the World (1937), appears in this film as a Scottish air raid warden.