Secret Journey (1939 film)
Appearance
Secret Journey | |
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Directed by | John Baxter |
Written by | Michael Hogan |
Produced by | John Corfield |
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Cinematography | James Wilson |
Music by | Kennedy Russell |
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Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Secret Journey is a 1939 British thriller film directed by John Baxter and starring Basil Radford, Silvia St. Claire and Thorley Walters.[1] The film was made at M.P. Studios, Elstree, by British National Films as a supporting feature.[2] It is a remake of the 1936 French film Wolves Between Them, itself based on a novel by Charles Robert-Dumas. It was released in the United States in 1940 under the alternative title Among Human Wolves.
Synopsis
[edit]The screenplay concerns a British agent who travels to Berlin to recover a top-secret invention that has been stolen by German intelligence.
Cast
[edit]- Basil Radford as John Richardson
- Silvia St. Claire as Helen Richardson
- Thorley Walters as Max von Reimer
- Peter Gawthorne as Gen. von Reimer
- Tom Helm as Capt. Benoit
- Joss Ambler as Col. Blondin
- George Hayes as Insp. Walter
- Megs Jenkins as Girl in glasses
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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Categories:
- 1939 films
- 1930s spy thriller films
- British spy thriller films
- 1930s English-language films
- Films directed by John Baxter
- Films shot at Station Road Studios, Elstree
- Quota quickies
- British black-and-white films
- 1930s British films
- Films set in Berlin
- Films based on French novels
- Remakes of French films
- Films scored by Kennedy Russell
- English-language spy thriller films
- 1930s British film stubs
- 1930s thriller film stubs