El espía de dos cabezas

El espía de dos cabezas (1958)

The Two-Headed Spy

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un espía británico tiene que llevar a cabo en Alemania una arriesgada misión. Para ello, cuenta con la ayuda de un colega que finge ser vendedor de relojes. Cuando la identidad de este hombre se descubre y es asesinado, el espía encuentra un nuevo contacto en un cabaret: Lily, una mujer que finge ser cantante. La historia de amor que deben simular para llevar a cabo su cometido acaba haciéndose realidad.

Fecha de estreno
1958-11-17
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (21)
Duración
1 h 33 min
Géneros
Bélica, Suspense
Director
André de Toth

Reparto

Curiosidades

The Two-Headed Spy is a 1958 British spy thriller film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala, Erik Schumann, Donald Pleasence and Alexander Knox. The film, which has elements of film noir and is set in the Second World War, was based on a story by J. Alvin Kugelmass called Britain's Two-Headed Spy and is notable for having been scripted by blacklisted writers.

Production

Lt. Col. Alexander Scotland OBE served as technical advisor to the film. Although the film was ostensibly based on a true story, and Scotland was known as "Schottland" during his service with German forces in Africa at the turn of the century, the film was not based on Scotland's experiences. He served during World War II as commandant of the "London Cage", an MI19 facility that interrogated captured Germans.

Filming took place in 1958 on location in London and Berlin and in Elstree Studios in Borehamwood.

Michael Caine appears in a bit-part as a Gestapo officer, and Donald Pleasence plays a German general. Screenwriters Michael Wilson and Alfred Levitt were not given credit because of the blacklist. The credit instead was given to James O'Donnell. Their credits were restored in 1999. Dalton Trumbo, also blacklisted, was a story consultant.

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