Ring of Spies (1964)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 23, 1964Release Date
Plot.
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Bernard Lee
Henry Houghton
William Sylvester
Gordon Lonsdale
Margaret Tyzack
Elizabeth Gee
David Kossoff
Peter Kroger
Nancy Nevinson
Helen Kroger
Robert Tronson
Director
Thorley Walters
Cmdr. Winters
Gillian Lewis
Marjorie Shaw
Frank Launder
Writer
Newton Blick
P.O. Meadows
Peter Barnes
Writer
Leslie Gilliat
Producer
Philip Latham
Captain Ray
Arthur Lavis
Cinematographer
Cyril Chamberlain
Anderson
Thelma Connell
Editor
Justine Lord
Christina
Patrick Barr
Captain Warner
Derek Francis
Chief Supt. Croft
Hector Ross
Supt. Woods
Paul Eddington
Johnnie
Richard Marner
Colonel Monat
Geoffrey Palmer
Police Officer
Bryan Pringle
Surveillance Man (uncredited)
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Ring of Spies (also known as Ring of Treason) is a 1964 British spy film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Bernard Lee, William Sylvester and Margaret Tyzack. It is based on the real-life case of the Portland Spy Ring, whose activities prompted "Reds under the bed" scare stories in the British popular press in the early 1960s.