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The Secret of Stamboul

The 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.

The Secret of Stamboul

Richard Wainwright

Richard Wainwright Productions

  • 6 October 1936 (1936-10-06)

93 minutes

United Kingdom

English

Plot[edit]

A British agent travels to Istanbul (Stamboul) to try to thwart a revolution.[1]

as Tania

Valerie Hobson

as Kazdim

Frank Vosper

as Larry

James Mason

as Diana

Kay Walsh

as Peter

Peter Haddon

Laura Cowie as Baroness

as Prince Ali

Cecil Ramage

as Sir George

Robert English

Emilio Cargher as Renouf

as Arif

Leonard Sachs

as Moltov

Andreas Malandrinos

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.

Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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The Secret of Stamboul