---
title: 'The Spy in Black (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Powell'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-spy-in-black-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031968/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Spy in Black (1939)

1939 · 82 min · Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Spy in Black is a 1939 British spy film, and the first collaboration between the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. They were brought together by Alexander Korda to make a First World War spy thriller novel, The Spy in Black by Joseph Storer Clouston, into a film. Powell and Pressburger eventually made over 20 films during the course of their partnership.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Screenplay:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Producer:** [Alexander Korda](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-korda), [Irving Asher](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-asher)
- **Editor:** [Hugh Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-stewart)

## Cast

- [Conrad Veidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-veidt)
- [Bernard Miles](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-miles)
- [Helen Haye](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-haye)
- [Skelton Knaggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/skelton-knaggs)
- [Esma Cannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/esma-cannon)
- [Valerie Hobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-hobson)
- [Graham Stark](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-stark)
- [Sebastian Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-shaw)
- [Torin Thatcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/torin-thatcher)
- [June Duprez](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-duprez)
- [Marius Goring](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-goring)

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