The Spy in Black Page #2

Synopsis: When a German U-Boat captain is sent on a spying mission to the North of Scotland during World War One, he finds more than he bargained for in his contact, the local schoolmistress.
Genre: Thriller, War
Director(s): Michael Powell
Production: Criterion Collection
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IMDB:
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Year:
1939
77 min
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- It doesn't matter.

- The Providence sent you.

- Come along.

Maggie, put her things in the car!

We're taking her to Dingwall.

Be sure to keep warm. She's easy to catch a cold!

You're a blessing in disguise.

Hold your dear passport. Don't forget your woolies.

- It's terribly cold out there.

- I'll take care.

- Never thought you were a teacher.

- But I am.

- I got my degree from Bristol U.

- Then again...

Had to do something after my father died. No money.

- What was your father?

- He was an architect, but not very lucky.

He only had a good job; a tavern in Chester.

And he didn't like it because he was a teetotaler.

- You lived in Chester?

- Yes, on Putnam Street.

- The Orkney Islands; do you have friends there?

- None.

- But John will come to see me.

- Who is John?

My fiance. Want to see a photograph?

Very much.

He is quite good looking.

Orkney Islands; I thought it was

impossible for civilians to go there.

It is. It was a fuzz getting my passport.

- But you got it?

- Yes, here it is.

Complete with photograph. Isn't it terrible?

- Passport photographs are never flattering.

- Haven't you taken the wrong road?

- Is this the route to Dingwall, Edwards?

- Yes, madam.

It probably is a shortcut.

- Are you sure you aren't cold?

- No, I love it.

Remember what your nanny said.

Give Miss Burnett the shetland scarf.

- Really I don't want it.

- No, you mustn't catch cold.

- Done?

- All is in order.

Well, hold on tight.

Put on these clothes.

- Did you see a light?

- Where? No.

- I think I heard a splash.

- Take over.

A seagull.

Right, madam. We know you.

- Miss Anne Burnett?

- Yes.

- Schoolteacher?

- Yes.

- This picture, it doesn't really do you justice.

- I tought it as good as my other passport photos.

- Destination?

- Longhope.

- Age?

- 21.

- Married or single?

- Engaged.

- Pass...

- Thank you.

- What about tea, Miss?

- Yes, please.

- What time we get to Longhope?

- In about an hour, Miss.

- You're only passenger 'cept for a telephone linesman.

- Thank you.

Fix your pass there.

- Are you in the wire patrol?

- What do you think?

- Six?

- Six.

I'll pass you.

- Fine passage, James?

- You think so, Walter?

For you. All you do is stand on the bridge, but me?

It is a miracle that I keep this old tub coming.

When will we be in port to see them?

- I'll see about that.

- I hope so.

- You're the new teacher?

- Yes.

It'll be a nice change from the last one.

She was called "Wall Eyed Maggie".

- You got a pass?

- Yes.

I'm a special constable, you understand?

See that? "Orkney Constabulary", for the duration.

No one's up or down without me knowing.

- Miss Anne Burnett?

- Yes.

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Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger (5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in an award-winning collaboration partnership known as the Archers and produced a series of films, notably 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946, also called Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951). more…

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