This screening will be introduced by Andrew Moor, Senior Lecturer in Film at the Dept. of English, Manchester Metropolitan University.The Spy in Black (U)
An ingenious First World War spy story set in the Shetlands, pitting a brave U-boat captain against a glamorous English counter-intelligence agent, launched the Powell-Pressburger partnership under Alexander Korda’s London Films banner. Wit, atmosphere and dramatic economy were apparent from the start.