Master Spy (Original title)Checkmate (Alternative title)
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 19 August 1963 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Montgomery Tully
Synopsis: A Russian scientist, Boris Turganev, defects to the West and is employed at an establishment in England, using his great knowledge of nuclear power in top secret conditions. He passes information to the local landowner, Skelton. Subsequently it transpires that he is working for British Intelligence who are aware that Skelton is a spy. Turganev is tried and condemned, and his escape engineered so that he can continue his activities for the British in his own country.
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Espionage
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 74 mins Length: 6652 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 19 August 1963 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Montgomery Tully
Synopsis: A Russian scientist, Boris Turganev, defects to the West and is employed at an establishment in England, using his great knowledge of nuclear power in top secret conditions. He passes information to the local landowner, Skelton. Subsequently it transpires that he is working for British Intelligence who are aware that Skelton is a spy. Turganev is tried and condemned, and his escape engineered so that he can continue his activities for the British in his own country.
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Espionage
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 74 mins Length: 6652 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Eternal Films, An Eternal production: Eternal Films, Presents: Grand National Films, Producer: Maurice J. Wilson, Production Manager: Frederick Gunn, Assistant Director (1st): David Tringham, Continuity: Jane Buck, Screenplay: Maurice J. Wilson, Screenplay: Montgomery Tully, From the story 'They Also Serve' by: Gerald Anstruther, Paul White, Director of Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull, Camera Operator: G. Anstiss, Editor: Eric Boyd-Perkins, Art Director: Harry White, Wardrobe: Gladys James, Make-up: Gene Beck, Hairdresser: Daphne Vollmer, Music: Ken Thorne, Music Director: Philip Martell, Sound Recording: J. Bramall, Studio: MGM British Studios
Cast
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Stephen Murray (Boris Turganev), June Thorburn (Leila Telford), Alan Wheatley (Paul Skelton), John Carson (Richard Colman), John Bown (John Baxter), Jack Watson (Captain Foster), Ernest Clark (Dr Pembury), Peter Gilmore (Tom Masters), Marne Maitland (Dr Asafu), Ellen Pollock (Dr Mary Murrell), Hugh Morton (Sir Gilbert Saunders), Basil Dignam (Richard Horton), Victor Beaumont (Petrov), Hamilton Dyce (airport controller), Michael Peake (Barnes), Derek Francis ([police inspector])