The Spy in Black (1939)
In an attempt to stem the flood of American films into UK cinemas a law was passed that all cinemas had to show quota of British made films and this is one of those “quota quickies”, knocked up on the cheap to fill space. During The Great War a German submarine drops it's captain off in the Orkney Islands to meet up with a female spy for an unknown mission.
What is interesting about the production of this film is that it was filmed in 1938 and released literally days before the out break of the Second World War and provides a snap shot of British war cinema before it transforms into war time propaganda. The plot is not amazing but is told from the point of view of the German captain and has some slight twists along the way. Budgetary limits are not that obvious although it is fairly funny that every German except the submarine captain speaks with a British accent.
Worth watching 3/5
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