- Country: UK
- Genres: Action, Drama, War
- Release: 1936-08-21
- Director: Victor Hanbury
- Writers: L. du Garde Peach , Valentine Williams
- Language: English
- Stars: Fritz Kortner , Wynne Gibson , Richard Bird , Andrews Engelmann , Isabel Jeans , Fred Conyngham , Peter Gawthorne , Ian Fleming , Marjorie Mars , Gus McNaughton
- Runtime: 78 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Tegen-spionnage (Belgium) , O Tigre de Istambul (Brazil) , El sobre lacrado (Spain) , The Crouching Beast (United Kingdom) , The Crouching Beast , Contre-espionnage (Belgium) , Segredos de Guerra (Brazil) , Contre-espionnage (France, French Republic) , Tegenbespiedingsdienst (Belgium) , Der Chef des Geheimdienstes
- Plot: 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. Based on the novel "Clubfoot."
- IMDB:tt0026248
The Crouching Beast Cast · · · ALL
Victor Hanbury
Director
Fritz Kortner
Ahmed Bey
Wynne Gibson
Gail Dunbar
Andrews Engelmann
Prince Dmitri
Isabel Jeans
The Pellegrini
Fred Conyngham
Rudi von Linz
Peter Gawthorne
Kadir Pasha
Marjorie Mars
Ottillie
Richard Bird
Nigel Druce