''Cloak Without Dagger'' is a 1956 British

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

directed by Joseph Sterling and starring

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and Leslie Dwyer. It was released in the USA as ''Operation Conspiracy''

Plot

A fashion reporter is united with a former boyfriend, after a chance meeting, and helps him to track down an enemy spy.

Cast

as Major Felix Gratton *

as Kyra Gabaine * Leslie Dwyer as Fred Borcombe *

Allan Cuthbertson Allan Darling Cuthbertson (7 April 1920 – 8 February 1988) was an Australian-born British actor. He was best known for playing stern-faced military officers in British films of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Cuthbertson was born in Perth, ...

as Colonel Packham * John G. Heller as Peppi Gilroudian Dress Designer * Chin Yu as Yan Chu * Bill Nagy as Mario Oromonda *

Patrick Jordan Albert Patrick Jordan (10 October 1923 – 10 January 2020) was a British stage, film and television actor. Biography He was born and raised in Harrow, Middlesex, the son of Margaret, a cook, and Albert Jordan, a regimental sergeant major. An ...

as Captain Willis *

Marianne Stone Marianne Stone (23 August 1922 – 21 December 2009) was an English character actress. She performed in films from the early 1940s to the late 1980s, typically playing working class parts such as barmaids, secretaries and landladies. Stone appe ...

as Mrs. Markley *

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as Mr. Markley * Gerrey Levey as Night club entertainer * Boris Ranevsky as Antoine * María Mercedes as Spanish girl *

Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of Canned Heat from 1967. Before joining Canned Heat he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee L ...

as Sergeant Blake

Critical reception

The '' Radio Times'' described it as "an uncomfortable mix of romance and mystery" ; while ''Britmovie'' called it a "light-hearted spy story with a touch of romance."

References

External links

* 1956 films 1950s thriller films British thriller films Butcher's Film Service films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films British black-and-white films {{1950s-thriller-film-stub