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Spy Stories
Coded phrases and angled trilbies make for a genre the British adore.
Loose lips sink ships in many of these films, which see directors like Hitchcock, the Archers and Roy Ward Baker establish their careers.
The Ipcress FileThe Ipcress File
Crime 1965 108 minsDirector: Sidney J. Furie
The coolest spy of all – Michael Caine’s Harry Palmer – makes his brilliant big screen debut in this landmark British spy thriller.
Deadlier than the MaleDeadlier than the Male
Detective drama 1967 98 minsDirector: Ralph Thomas
Richard Johnson is Bulldog Drummond, a freelance investigator who attracts the attention of a pair of deadly female assassins, played by Elke Sommer and Sylva Koscina.
Highly DangerousHighly Dangerous
Drama 1951 85 minsDirector: Roy Ward Baker
Margaret Lockwood plays an entomologist who travels to a Balkan country to investigate claims of germs warfare, only to find herself in the midst of a deadly spy game.
The Spy in BlackThe Spy in Black
War 1939 79 minsDirector: Michael Powell
A masterful thriller with true flair, The Spy In Black has a much larger importance: it threw Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger together for the first time.
Maroc 7Maroc 7
Crime 1967 88 minsDirector: Gerry O'Hara
Gene Barry stars as a spy on an Arabian adventure, sent to Morocco to infiltrate Cyd Charisse’s highly glamorous jewel-smuggling outfit.
SabotageSabotage
Thriller 1936 77 minsDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
A cinema owner works with a ring of terrorists, with drastic effects on his wife and her brother, in Hitchcock’s London-set thriller.
Secret AgentSecret Agent
Thriller 1936 83 minsDirector: Alfred Hitchcock
Long before James Bond, Alfred Hitchcock tried the story of a suave spy.
Q PlanesQ Planes
Action and Adventure 1939 79 minsDirector: Tim Whelan
Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier star in a spy drama about the disappearence of prototype military aircraft.
The Spy's WifeThe Spy's Wife
Drama 1971 28 minsDirector: Gerry O'Hara
Tom Bell stars in this short film about a spy's wife who shows herself to be rather adept at espionage, while her husband is away on a mission.