Secret Lives is a 1937 British war drama film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Brigitte Horney, Neil Hamilton and Raymond Lovell. It was made at Ealing Studios by the independent Phoenix Films.[1] The screenplay concerns a young woman who is recruited into the French secret service.

Secret Lives
Brigitte Horney (right) in a scene from the film.
Directed byEdmond T. Gréville
Written byJeffrey Dell
Edmond T. Gréville
Basil Mason
Hugh Perceval
Paul de Sainte Colombe (novel)
Produced byHugh Perceval
StarringBrigitte Horney
Neil Hamilton
Raymond Lovell
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byRay Pitt
Music byWalter Goehr
Production
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Phoenix Films
Distributed byAssociated British Film Distributors
Release date
  • 27 September 1937 (1937-09-27)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The film is also known by the alternative title of I Married a Spy.

Plot

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At the outbreak of the First World War a young German-born woman living in Paris is interned and then recruited into the French secret service for operations against Germany.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Wood p.92

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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