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International Lady

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International Lady
Directed byTim Whelan
Written byJack DeWitt
E. Lloyd Sheldon
Screenplay byHoward Estabrook
Produced byEdward Small
StarringGeorge Brent
Ilona Massey
Basil Rathbone
CinematographyHal Mohr
Edited byWilliam F. Claxton
Grant Whytock
Music byLucien Moraweck
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • October 16, 1941(1941-10-16)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

International Ladyis a 1941 Americanspythriller filmdirected byTim Whelanand starringGeorge Brent,Ilona MasseyandBasil Rathbone.[1][2]It was anindependentproduction byEdward Small,released throughUnited Artists.During the production stage it was originally titled asG-Men versus Scotland Yard.[3]It was released shortly before the entry of the United States intoWorld War II.

Plot

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An American operative in Great Britain (George Brent) and his counterpart fromScotland Yard(Basil Rathbone) suspect the beautiful singer Carla Nillson (Ilona Massey) of espionage. As they cleverly unravel her technique of singing in code over the radio, they track her from London, toLisbon,to New York, where they succeed in tying her to a wealthy candy manufacturer who is, in reality, thesaboteurmastermind.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^Glancy p.127
  2. ^Dick p.85
  3. ^"Australia Music Notes".The Christian Science Monitor.April 5, 1941. p. 9.

Bibliography

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  • Dick, Bernard F.The Star-Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film.University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
  • Glancy, H. Mark.When Hollywood Loved Britain: The Hollywood 'British' Film 1939-1945.Manchester University Press, 1999.
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