1937 British film
| Secret Lives | |
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.jpg) Brigitte Horney (right) in a scene from the film. | |
| Directed by | Edmond T. Gréville |
| Written by | Jeffrey Dell Edmond T. Gréville Basil Mason Hugh Perceval Paul de Sainte Colombe (novel) |
| Produced by | Hugh Perceval |
| Starring | Brigitte Horney Neil Hamilton Raymond Lovell |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller |
| Edited by | Ray Pitt |
| Music by | Walter Goehr |
| Production company | Phoenix Films |
| Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Secret Lives is a 1937 British war drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Brigitte Horney, Neil Hamilton and Raymond Lovell. It was made at Ealing Studios by the independent Phoenix Films. The screenplay concerns a young woman who is recruited into the French secret service.
The film is also known by the alternative title of I Married a Spy.
Plot
At the outbreak of the First World War a young German-born woman living in Paris is interned and then recruited into the French secret service for operations against Germany.
Cast
- Brigitte Horney as Lena Schmidt
- Neil Hamilton as Lt. Pierre de Montmalion
- Raymond Lovell as German Secret Service Chief
- Charles Carson as Henri
- Ivor Barnard as Baldhead
- Frederick Lloyd as French Secret Service Chief
- Leslie Perrins as J 14
- Gyles Isham as Franz Abel
- Hay Petrie as Robert Pigeon
- Ben Field as Karl Schmidt
- Ralph Truman as Prison Guard
References
- Wood p.92
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
- Secret Lives at IMDb
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