Counterspy (film)

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Counterspy
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Directed by Vernon Sewell
Written by Guy Elmes
Gaston Lazare
Based onshort story Criss Cross Code by Julian Symons
Produced byWilliam H. Williams
Starring
CinematographyA.T. Dinsdale
Edited by Geoffrey Muller
Music by Eric Spear
Production
company
Abtcon Pictures
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • 1 August 1953 (1953-08-01)(UK)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Counterspy (also known as Night People and Undercover Agent) is a 1953 British second feature [1] thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court and Hermione Baddeley. [2] An accountant comes into possession of secret papers sought by both the government and a spy ring.

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Plot

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A conventional but quite lively spy thriller, well supplied with action. Hermione Baddeley provides an effective character study as the fortune teller and Alexander Guage makes a suitably sinister and oily villain." [3]

TV Guide called it "A routine spy picture," and rated it two out of five stars. [4]

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References

  1. Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 249. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. "Counterspy". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. "Counterspy". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 20 (228): 133. 1 January 1953. ProQuest   1305818851 via ProQuest.
  4. "Undercover Agent". TV Guide .