The Secret of Stamboul

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Secret of Stamboul

| image = Secret of Stamboul.jpg

| caption =

| director = Andrew Marton

| producer = Richard Wainwright

| based_on = The Eunuch of Stamboul by Dennis Wheatley

| writer = {{ubl|Laslo Benedek|George A. Hill|Noel Langley|Andrew Marton|Richard Wainwright|Howard Irving Young}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Valerie Hobson|James Mason|Frank Vosper|Kay Walsh}}

| music = Allan Gray

| cinematography = Henry Harris

| editing = Inman Hunter

| studio = Richard Wainwright Productions

| distributor = General Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1936|10|06|df=yes}}

| runtime = 93 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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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.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49889|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115165601/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49889|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-15|title=The Secret of Stamboul (1936)|publisher=}}

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.