British Intelligence is a 1940 spy film set in World War I. It was directed by Terry O. Morse and stars Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay. The film, also known as Enemy Agent, was released in the United States in January 1940. The Warner Bros. B picture was based on a 1918 play Three Faces East written by Anthony Paul Kelly and produced on the stage by George M. Cohan. Two film adaptations of Three Faces East in 1926 and 1930 preceded British Intelligence. Cast (in credits order) Boris Karloff as Valdar, aka Franz Strendler Margaret Lindsay as Helene Von Lorbeer, aka Frances Hautry Bruce Lester as Frank Bennett Leonard Mudie as Colonel James Yeats Holmes Herbert as Arthur Bennett Austin Fairman as George Bennett William Bailey as British Intelligence agent (uncredited) Louise Brien as Miss Risdon, Bennett's Secretary (uncredited) Glen Cavender as Under Officer Pfalz (uncredited) David Cavendish as Capt. Lanark (uncredited) Joe De Stefani as German officer (uncredited) Carlos De Valdez as Von Ritter (uncredited) Clarence Derwent as Milkman (uncredited) Arno Frey as German junior officer (uncredited) Frederick Giermann as Otto Kurtz (uncredited) Lawrence Grant as Brigadier General (uncredited) Carl Harbaugh as German soldier (uncredited) Sam Harris as Cabinet Minister (uncredited) Winifred Harris as Mrs. Maude Bennett (uncredited) Leyland Hodgson as Lord Sudbury (uncredited) Stuart Holmes as Luchow, German soldier (uncredited) Willy Kaufman as German Corporal (uncredited) Crauford Kent as Cmdr. Phelps (uncredited) Morton Lowry as Lt. Borden (uncredited) Lester Matthews as Henry Thompson (uncredited) Frank Mayo as Brixton, intelligence agent (uncredited) Paul Panzer as Peasant (uncredited) John J. Richardson as Cockney soldier (uncredited) Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as German officer (uncredited) Hans Schumm as German senior officer (uncredited) John Graham Spacey as Crichton, intelligence agent (uncredited) Robert R. Stephenson as Cockney soldier (uncredited) Evan Thomas as Maj. Andrews (uncredited) David Thursby as Agent reporting Strengler's identity (uncredited) Frederick Vogeding as Baron Kuglar (uncredited) Leonard Willey as Capt. Stuart (uncredited) Maris Wrixon as Dorothy Bennett (uncredited) Henry Zynda as German (uncredited)
British Intelligence is a 1940 spy film set in World War I. It was directed by Terry O. Morse and stars Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay. The film, also known as Enemy Agent, was released in the United States in January 1940. The Warner Bros. B picture was based on a 1918 play Three Faces East written by Anthony Paul Kelly and produced on the stage by George M. Cohan. Two film adaptations of Three Faces East in 1926 and 1930 preceded British Intelligence. Cast (in credits order) Boris Karloff as Valdar, aka Franz Strendler Margaret Lindsay as Helene Von Lorbeer, aka Frances Hautry Bruce Lester as Frank Bennett Leonard Mudie as Colonel James Yeats Holmes Herbert as Arthur Bennett Austin Fairman as George Bennett William Bailey as British Intelligence agent (uncredited) Louise Brien as Miss Risdon, Bennett's Secretary (uncredited) Glen Cavender as Under Officer Pfalz (uncredited) David Cavendish as Capt. Lanark (uncredited) Joe De Stefani as German officer (uncredited) Carlos De Valdez as Von Ritter (uncredited) Clarence Derwent as Milkman (uncredited) Arno Frey as German junior officer (uncredited) Frederick Giermann as Otto Kurtz (uncredited) Lawrence Grant as Brigadier General (uncredited) Carl Harbaugh as German soldier (uncredited) Sam Harris as Cabinet Minister (uncredited) Winifred Harris as Mrs. Maude Bennett (uncredited) Leyland Hodgson as Lord Sudbury (uncredited) Stuart Holmes as Luchow, German soldier (uncredited) Willy Kaufman as German Corporal (uncredited) Crauford Kent as Cmdr. Phelps (uncredited) Morton Lowry as Lt. Borden (uncredited) Lester Matthews as Henry Thompson (uncredited) Frank Mayo as Brixton, intelligence agent (uncredited) Paul Panzer as Peasant (uncredited) John J. Richardson as Cockney soldier (uncredited) Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as German officer (uncredited) Hans Schumm as German senior officer (uncredited) John Graham Spacey as Crichton, intelligence agent (uncredited) Robert R. Stephenson as Cockney soldier (uncredited) Evan Thomas as Maj. Andrews (uncredited) David Thursby as Agent reporting Strengler's identity (uncredited) Frederick Vogeding as Baron Kuglar (uncredited) Leonard Willey as Capt. Stuart (uncredited) Maris Wrixon as Dorothy Bennett (uncredited) Henry Zynda as German (uncredited)