Film, Spies, World War II
Film: Nazi Agent
Released in 1942, the unimaginatively named Nazi Agent is one of those wartime spy films that seems geared to…
July 11, 2018-
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Film, SpiesFilm: Above Suspicion
A mildly diverting World War II spy caper based on a novel by Helen MacInnes, Above Suspicion (1943) is…
June 25, 2018 -
Film, History, Spies, World War IIFilm: Contraband
Contraband (1940) reunites director Michael Powell with stars Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson, the team that collaborated in the…
January 28, 2018 -
Film, SpiesFilm: Dark Journey
An unconvincing romance mars the overall effect of Dark Journey (1937), an otherwise engaging World War I espionage tale.…
November 12, 2017 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #89: The Spy in Black
Occasionally, I find old movies difficult to get invested in, but director Michael Powell’s The Spy in Black (1939)…
April 1, 2015