Secret of Stamboul
Secret of Stamboul, also known as The Spy in White, is a 1936 British thriller film, taken from the 1935 novel The Eunuch of Stamboul by Dennis Wheatley, directed by Andrew Marton and starring Valerie Hobson, James Mason and Frank Vosper. It was made at Shepperton Studios. The screenplay concerns a British agent who tries to thwart a revolution.
| Secret of Stamboul | |
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| Directed by | Andrew Marton |
| Produced by | Richard Wainwright |
| Written by | Dennis Wheatley (novel) Laslo Benedek George A. Hill Noel Langley Andrew Marton Richard Wainwright Howard Irving Young |
| Starring | Valerie Hobson James Mason Frank Vosper Kay Walsh |
| Music by | Allan Gray |
| Cinematography | Henry Harris |
| Edited by | Inman Hunter |
Production company | Richard Wainwright Productions |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date | 6 October 1936 |
Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Premise
A British agent (Mason) travels to Istanbul (Stamboul) to try to thwart a revolution.[1]
Cast
- Valerie Hobson as Tania
- Frank Vosper as Kazdim
- James Mason as Larry
- Kay Walsh as Diana
- Peter Haddon as Peter
- Laura Cowie as Baroness
- Cecil Ramage as Prince Ali
- Robert English as Sir George
- Emilio Cargher as Renouf
- Leonard Sachs as Arif
- Andreas Malandrinos as Moltov
References
- "The Secret of Stamboul (1936)". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
Bibliography
- 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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