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Second Bureau (1936 film)

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Language
  
English

Director
  
Victor Hanbury

Country
  
United Kingdom

Release date
  
December 1936

Writer
  
Reginald Long, Charles Robert-Dumas (novel), Akos Tolnay

Second Bureau is a 1936 British spy romance film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Marta Labarr, Charles Oliver and Arthur Wontner. It was made at Shepperton Studios and based on a novel Second Bureau by Charles Robert-Dumas. It was a remake of a 1935 French film of the same name.

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The film's title refers to the French military intelligence outfit Deuxième Bureau.

Synopsis

A French spy, Captain Paul Benoit, manages to steal some German secrets. The Germans send Erna Fielder, an agent of their own, after him, but the two spies end up falling in love.

Cast

  • Marta Labarr as Erna Fielder
  • Charles Oliver as Paul Benoit
  • Arthur Wontner as Col. Gueraud
  • Meinhart Maur as Gen. von Raugwitz
  • Fred Groves as Sgt. Colleret
  • Joan White as Dorothy Muller
  • Anthony Eustrel as Lt. von Stranmer
  • G.H. Mulcaster as Yvanne Brosilow
  • Leo de Pokorny as Dr. Weygelmann
  • Fewlass Llewellyn as Director of Schaffingen
  • Bruno Barnabe as Commissaire of Police

    • References

    Second Bureau (1936 film) Wikipedia
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    Second Bureau (1936 film) IMDb