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| Secret Lives | |
|---|---|
.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.[1] 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Wood p.92
Bibliography
[edit]- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
[edit]- Secret Lives at IMDb
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