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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1940 DVD Release: 03/18/2003 Format: DVD - Black and White Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 1 mins Studio: Alpha Video Total Copies: 4 Genres: Spy Film, War Spy Film

Though set during WW1, British Intelligence was obviously thrown together to capitalize on the outbreak of WW2. A remake of the 1930 espionager Three Faces East, the film stars Boris Karloff as Valder, the sinister butler of a British cabinet minister. It is quite possible that Valder is a German spy, and equally likely that the mysterious Helene von Lorbeer (Margaret Lindsay) is likewise working for the enemy. In fact, the audience is never quite certain who the good guys and bad guys really are until the climax, which takes place during a German zeppelin raid of London. As a balm to 1940 audiences, the film includes an early comedy scene in which German military protocol is upset by a clumsy corporal (Willy Kaufman) who bears a startling resemblance to a certain Nazi dictator. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Boris Karloff - Voldar
Margaret Lindsay - Helene Von Lobeer
Maris Wrixon - Dorothy
Leonard Mudie - James Yeats

Boris Karloff stars as a German spy in the 1940 espionage thriller British Intelligence, based on a play by Anthony Paul Kelly. This Alpha Video DVD presents the film with a full-frame transfer in the original black-and-white. The Dolby Digital Mono soundtrack is in English. In keeping with the other titles from Alpha Video, there are no subtitles, special features, or regional encoding on this disc. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide