The Two-Headed Spy
The Two-Headed Spy is a 1958 British spy thriller film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala, Erik Schumann, Donald Pleasence and Alexander Knox. The film, which has elements of film noir and is set in the Second World War, was based on a story by J. Alvin Kugelmass called Britain's Two-Headed Spy and is notable for having been scripted by blacklisted writers.
Plot
In 1939, Alex Schottland, a colonel in charge of supplies in the German Army, is a long-entrenched British agent planted toward the end of the First World War. He is growing weary of being a spy, but is urged to continue by his friend and fellow British agent, Cornaz, who is posing as an antique dealer.
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| author | Alfred Lewis Levitt Michael Wilson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Germany |
| director | André de Toth |
| editor | Raymond Poulton |
| events | World War II |
| genre | drama thriller |
| keywords | allied line antique dealer arrest battle of the bulge end ernst kaltenbrunner first world war force german army german high command gestapo invade the soviet union meet morning oberkommando der wehrmacht operation barbarossa pass question soviet union summon war effort world war |
| musicBy | Gerard Schurmann |
| producer | Bill Kirby |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| theme | film noir spy |