British Intelligence is a 1940 spy film set in World War I. It was directed by Terry O. Morse and stars Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay. The film, also known as Enemy Agent, was released in the United States in January 1940. The Warner Bros. B picture was based on a 1918 play Three Faces East written by Anthony Paul Kelly and produced on the stage by George M. Cohan. Two film adaptations of Three Faces East in 1926 and 1930 preceded British Intelligence. <br /><br />Plot: British pilot Frank Bennett (Bruce Lester) falls in love with French nurse Helene von Lerbeer (Margaret Lindsay) after his plane is shot down over France during World War I, unaware that she's actually a German spy. Installed with a new identity at the home of Bennett's father (Holmes Herbert), a cabinet minister, Helene becomes entangled in a complicated spy game with undercover German agent Valdar (Boris Karloff) and the head of British Intelligence, Col. Yeats (Leonard Mudie). <br />Credits <br />Boris Karloff as Valdar <br />Margaret Lindsay as Helene Von Lorbeer <br />Bruce Lester as Frank Bennett <br />Leonard Mudie as James Yeats <br />Holmes Herbert as Arthur Bennett <br />Austin Fairman as George Bennett <br />William Bailey as British Intelligence agent (uncredited) <br />Glen Cavender as Under Officer Pfalz (uncredited) <br />Carlos De Valdez as Von Ritter (uncredited) <br />Clarence Derwent as Milkman (uncredited) <br />Arno Frey as German junior officer (uncredited) <br />Lawrence Grant as Brigadier General (uncredited) <br />Carl Harbaugh as German soldier (uncredited) <br />Winifred Harris as Mrs. Maude Bennett (uncredited) <br />Leyland Hodgson as Lord Sudbury (uncredited) <br />Stuart Holmes as Luchow, German soldier (uncredited) <br />Morton Lowry as Lt. Borden (uncredited) <br />Lester Matthews as Henry Thompson (uncredited) <br />Frank Mayo as Brixton, intelligence agent (uncredited) <br />Paul Panzer as Peasant (uncredited) <br />Ferdinand Schumann-Heink as German officer (uncredited) <br />Hans Schumm as German senior officer (uncredited) <br />Evan Thomas as Maj. Andrews (uncredited) <br />Maris Wrixon as Dorothy Bennett (uncredited)
