The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1964
Ring of Spies
Directed by
Robert Tronson
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
The story
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
Cast
Bernard LeeHenry Houghton
William SylvesterGordon Lonsdale
Margaret TyzackElizabeth Gee
David KossoffPeter Kroger
Nancy NevinsonHelen Kroger
Thorley WaltersCmdr. Winters
Gillian LewisMarjorie Shaw
Newton BlickP.O. Meadows
Philip LathamCaptain Ray
Cyril ChamberlainAnderson
Justine LordChristina
Patrick BarrCaptain Warner
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Derek FrancisChief Supt. Croft
Hector RossSupt. Woods
Paul EddingtonJohnnie (uncredited)
Richard MarnerColonel Monat (uncredited)
Geoffrey PalmerPolice Officer (uncredited)
Bryan PringleSurveillance Man (uncredited)
Andre MikhelsonRussian Embassy Official (uncredited)
Garry MarshFirst Member at Lords (uncredited)
Basil DignamSecond Member at Lords (uncredited)
Brian NissenPortland Official (uncredited)
Edwin AppsBlake (uncredited)
Fred GriffithsNews Vendor (uncredited)
Anita WestTilly (uncredited)
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