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Counterspy (1953)

Espionage! Intrigue! Murder!

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 5M

Director : Vernon Sewell

Synopsis

While perusing the books of an engineering company, fastidious auditor Frank Manning encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claiming she is being blackmailed. She begs him to find certain letters and he eventually agrees. Having obtained the letters, he takes them to a specified address where, to his horror, he finds a man, fully clothed, dead in the bath.

Actors

Dermot Walsh
Dermot Walsh
Frank Manning
Hazel Court
Hazel Court
Clare Manning
Hermione Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley
Madame Del Mar
Alexander Gauge
Alexander Gauge
Smith
Bill Travers
Bill Travers
Rex
Archie Duncan
Archie Duncan
Jim Fenton
James Vivian
James Vivian
Larry Fenton
Frederick Schrecker
Frederick Schrecker
Plattnaur
John Penrose
John Penrose
Paulson
Hugh Latimer
Hugh Latimer
Inspector Barlow
Beryl Baxter
Beryl Baxter
Plattnauer's Accomplice
Gwen Bacon
Gwen Bacon
Matron
Maxwell Foster
Maxwell Foster
Dr. Stevenson
Monti DeLyle
Monti DeLyle
Dance Director
Howard Lang
Howard Lang
Policeman

Crews

Vernon Sewell
Vernon Sewell
Director
Guy Elmes
Guy Elmes
Writer
Gaston Lazare
Gaston Lazare
Writer
Eric Spear
Eric Spear
Music
Geoffrey Muller
Geoffrey Muller
Editor
George Haslam
George Haslam
Art Direction
A.T. Dinsdale
A.T. Dinsdale
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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