The Crouching Beast

Directed by Vcitur Hanbury

Written by L. du Garde Peach

Cast: Richard Bird as Nigel Druce, Wynne Gibson as Gail Dunbar, Fritz Kortner as Ahmed Bey

Released 1939

"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."