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 is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court and Hermione Baddeley. [1] [2] [3] [4] A mild mannered accountant (Dermot Walsh) comes into possession of secret papers that both the government and a spy ring are after. Alexander Gauge turns in a good performance as a villain rather in the mould of Sydney Greenstreet.[ according to whom? ]

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Critical reception

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

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References

  1. Chibnall & McFarlane p.98
  2. Fowler, Roy (8 July 1994). "Vernon Sewell". British Entertainment History Project.
  3. "Counterspy (1953)". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Undercover Agent".

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