Spy Line Spy Line Spy Line is a 1989 spy novel written by British writer Len Deighton. It is the second novel in the second of three trilogies about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged and somewhat jaded intelligence officer working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). "Spy Line" is part of the "Hook, Line and Sinker" trilogy, being preceded by "Spy Hook" and followed "Spy Sinker". This trilogy is preceded by the "Game, Set and Match" trilogy and followed by the final "Faith, Hope and Charity" trilogy. Deighton's novel "Winter" (1987) is a prequel to the nine novels, covering the years 1900-1945
The Spy in Black The Spy in Black The Spy in Black (US: U-Boat 29) is a 1939 British film, and the first collaboration between the British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. They were brought together by Alexander Korda to make the World War I spy thriller by Joseph Storer Clouston into a film. Powell and Pressburger eventually made over 20 films during the course of their partnership. "The Spy in Black" stars Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Sebastian Shaw and features Marius Goring. In March 1917, Captain Hardt (Conrad Veidt), a World War I German U-boat commander, is ordered to lead a mission