The Spy in Black
Top 10 Billed Cast
Captain Ernst Hardt
Ashington
The School Mistress
Lieutenant Felix Schuster
Anne Burnett
The Rev. Hector Matthews
Mrs. Sedley
The Rev. John Harris
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