Squadron Leader X (1943)

Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British ... See full summary »

Director:

Lance Comfort

Writers:

Miles Malleson, Emeric Pressburger (story),

Stars:

Eric Portman, Ann Dvorak, Walter Fitzgerald

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Eric Portman	...	Erich Kohler
Ann Dvorak	...	Barbara Lucas
Walter Fitzgerald	...	Inspector Milne
Martin Miller	...	Mr. Krohn
Beatrice Varley	...	Mrs. Krohn
Henry Oscar	...	Dr. Schultz
Barry Jones	...	Bruce Fenwick
Charles Victor	...	Marks
Mary Merrall	...	Miss Thorndike
Carl Jaffe	...	Luftwaffe Colonel
Marjorie Rhodes	...	Mrs. Agnew
Friedrich Richter	...	Inspector Siegel
David Peel	...	Michael Bertholt
Aubrey Mallalieu	...	Pierre

Storyline

Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British propaganda. Unfortunately for him he chooses a night when the Belgian resistance are smuggling the crew of a British bomber home across the channel. Before he knows it he is landing on the south coast of England. With MI5 hot on his trail, the fugitive tries to contact his old German émigré friends in London. But they have all been interned on the Isle of Man. How will he escape back to Germany ?

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Plot Keywords:

pilot | spy | lost film

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Taglines:

Treachery from the skies!

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Genres:

War | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 May 1943 (USA)

Also Known As:

O praktor X

Filming Locations:

Denham Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Victor Hanbury Productions, RKO Radio British Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the "75 Most Wanted" films listed by the British Film Institute as "Missing, believed lost".

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