International Lady (1941)

★ 6.5 1h 42m IMDb

Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.

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George Brent
George Brent as Tim Hanley Died 1979 · Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland George Brent (born George Brendan Nolan; 15 March 1904 – 26 May 1979) was an Irish-American stage, film, and television actor. Brent was born in Ballinasloe, County Galway in 1904 to John J. and Mary...
Ilona Massey
Ilona Massey as Carla Nillson Died 1974 · Budapest, Hungary From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ilona Massey (born Ilona Hajmássy; June 16, 1910 – August 20, 1974 ) was a film, stage and radio performer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ilona...
Basil Rathbone
Basil Rathbone as Reggie Oliver Died 1967 · Johannesburg, South African Republic Sir Basil Rathbone, KBE, MC, Kt (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), was an English actor. He rose to prominence in England as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in over 70 films, primarily c...
Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart as Sidney Grenner Died 1957 · London, Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edwin Eugene Lockhart (July 18, 1891 – March 31, 1957) was a Canadian-American character actor, singer, and playwright. He also wrote the lyrics to a number of p...
George Zucco
George Zucco as Webster Died 1960 · Manchester, England, UK From Wikipedia George Zucco (11 January 1886 – 27 May 1960) was an English character actor who appeared, almost always in supporting roles, in 96 films during a career spanning two decades, from 1931...
Marjorie Gateson
Marjorie Gateson as Bertha Grenner Died 1977 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Marjorie Gateson (January 17, 1891 - April 17, 1977) was an American actress..

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CinemaSerf 6/10 Jun 15, 2022
George Brent ("Hanley") and Basil Rathbone ("Oliver") work quite well together in this fast moving, if very wordy, espionage thriller. Both are charged with working together to thwart a Nazi plot to interfere with the flow of vital aircraft from the USA to Britain during WWII. It takes all of their wit and guile to discover and penetrate this highly secretive and effective ring of saboteurs, but unfortunately we don't need to do much guessing ourselves which is a shame. There is a strong supporting cast from Ilona Massey ("Carla"), Gene Lockhart ("Grenner") and the usually reliable George Zucco ("Webster") and the theory behind the plot is quite interesting (and musical). It is too long, but it is a bit different, this, and made at the start of the war, it has shades of propaganda to it. Tim Whelan uses the cast well, providing a decent outing for all concerned that has just enough jeopardy to compensate for the fact that it was clearly produced to a tight budget and production schedule. If you like the genre, then you could do a lot worse than sit through this rarely seen example of Anglo-American wartime co-operation.

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