The Crouching Beast
A tale of spies and espionage in Turkey during the World War. An American newspaper woman is doing her stint in a town located near a prison-fortress. An escaping British spy reaches her house in his…
The Crouching Beast
A tale of spies and espionage in Turkey during the World War. An American newspaper woman is doing her stint in a town located near a prison-fortress. An escaping British spy reaches her house in his flight and enlists her aid. In Constantinople in 1915, Gail Dunbar, an American newspaper reporter, gets entangled in a spy network. Ahmed Bey, the head of the Turkish secret service,is trying to recover the stolen plans of the Dardanelles fortifications. Niger Druce, a British spy, asks Gail to carry out certain orders for him in the event he is killed or captured. Based on the novel "Clubfoot." —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> This is a feeble and inconsequential tale of spies and espionage in Turkey during the World War made in England by Stafford Prod. The dramatic content, while attempting to reach a serious vein, borders on the unconsciously humorous. Wynne Gibson, as an American newspaper woman, is doing her stint in a town located near a prison-fortress. An escaping British spy reaches her house in his flight and, enlisting her aid, departs, and is killed shortly after. Miss Gibson, with the Turkish and German intelligence on her trail, goes to Constantinople to contact another agent and deliver a defense plan which she must obtain from a dancer's apartment. She completes her voluntary assignment and is picked up by the Turkish police and confronted with Fritz Kortner, chief of the bureau. There follows the usual drama with Miss Gibson unwittingly causing the death of a German officer who she had befriended and eventually making her romantic escape with the local British spy. The British bombard the city, the marines land and Kortner, disgraced, is the target of a shell.
The Crouching Beast
Action,Drama,War
Film Details
A tale of spies and espionage in Turkey during the World War. An American newspaper woman is doing her stint in a town located near a prison-fortress. An escaping British spy reaches her house in his flight and enlists her aid.
In Constantinople in 1915, Gail Dunbar, an American newspaper reporter, gets entangled in a spy network. Ahmed Bey, the head of the Turkish secret service,is trying to recover the stolen plans of the Dardanelles fortifications. Niger Druce, a British spy, asks Gail to carry out certain orders for him in the event he is killed or captured.
Based on the novel "Clubfoot." —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net> This is a feeble and inconsequential tale of spies and espionage in Turkey during the World War made in England by Stafford Prod. The dramatic content, while attempting to reach a serious vein, borders on the unconsciously humorous. Wynne Gibson, as an American newspaper woman, is doing her stint in a town located near a prison-fortress.
An escaping British spy reaches her house in his flight and, enlisting her aid, departs, and is killed shortly after. Miss Gibson, with the Turkish and German intelligence on her trail, goes to Constantinople to contact another agent and deliver a defense plan which she must obtain from a dancer's apartment. She completes her voluntary assignment and is picked up by the Turkish police and confronted with Fritz Kortner, chief of the bureau.
There follows the usual drama with Miss Gibson unwittingly causing the death of a German officer who she had befriended and eventually making her romantic escape with the local British spy. The British bombard the city, the marines land and Kortner, disgraced, is the target of a shell..