Cloak Without Dagger

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Cloak Without Dagger
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British quad poster
Directed byJoseph Sterling
Written by A.R. Rawlinson
Produced byA.R. Rawlinson
Starring Philip Friend
Mary Mackenzie
Leslie Dwyer
Cinematography Gerald Gibbs
Edited byCarmen Beliaeff
Music by Wilfred Burns
Production
company
Balblair Productions
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date
  • February 1956 (1956-02)(UK)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cloak Without Dagger is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Joseph Sterling and starring Philip Friend, Mary Mackenzie and Leslie Dwyer. [1] It was released in the US as Operation Conspiracy [2]

Contents

Plot

A fashion reporter is united with a former boyfriend, after a chance meeting, and helps him to track down an enemy spy.

Cast

Critical reception

The Radio Times described it as "an uncomfortable mix of romance and mystery" ; [3] while Britmovie called it a "light-hearted spy story with a touch of romance." [4]

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References

  1. "Cloak without Dagger (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. "Operation Conspiracy". TVGuide.com.
  3. David Parkinson. "Cloak without Dagger". RadioTimes.
  4. "Cloak Without Dagger". britmovie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.