The Secret of Stamboul

The Secret of Stamboul
Directed byAndrew Marton
Written by
Based onThe Eunuch of Stamboul by Dennis Wheatley
Produced byRichard Wainwright
Starring
CinematographyHenry Harris
Edited byInman Hunter
Music byAllan Gray
Production
company
Richard Wainwright Productions
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 6 October 1936 (1936-10-06)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

Plot

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

Cast

References

  1. ^ "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.


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