The Spy's Wife
1972 British short crime film
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The Spy's Wife is a 1971 British short crime film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Ann Lynn, Dorothy Tutin, Tom Bell, Vladek Sheybal and Julian Holloway.[1][2] It was written by Holloway and O'Hara.
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Gerry O'Hara
Tom Bell
Ann Lynn
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| Directed by | Gerry O'Hara |
| Screenplay by | Julian Holloway Gerry O'Hara |
| Produced by | Julian Holloway |
| Starring | Dorothy Tutin Tom Bell Ann Lynn |
| Cinematography | Dudley Lovell |
| Edited by | Richard Mason |
Production company | Eyeline Films Ltd |
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Running time | 28 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
Tom Tyler leaves London bound for a spying mission for Prague, and warns his wife Hilda that their apartment may be bugged. A man arrives at the apartment and helps Hilda search for bugs. Elsewhere, Tom is in bed with his contact Grace. As she turns the photograph of her husband – the man in Tom and Hilda's apartment – to the wall, a hidden microphone is revealed.
Cast
- Dorothy Tutin as Hilda Tyler
- Ann Lynn as Grace
- Tom Bell as Tom Tyler
- Vladek Sheybal as Vladek
- Freda Bamford as Hilda's mother
- Glenna Forster-Jones as Shirley
- Janet Waldron as Elaine
- Julian Holloway as man
- Bunny May as driver
- Shaun Curry as chauffeur
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A formal and rather disappointing exercise from Gerry O'Hara, The Spy's Wife gives the impression of a three-minute revue sketch, padding out a conventional charade of musical beds with some subdued gimmickry along James Bond lines. The enigma of whether the husband is or is not a spy quickly loses its appeal; and though the principle roles are expertly played, the only chilling moment of mystery occurs when Hilda's sinister-looking mother pulls some glasses which she claims to have bought at Casa Pupo out of a Habitat bag."[3]