Fritz Lang's Spione is a silent film set during the rise of Adolf Hitler. Not too bad, the ending's quite patchy though. No. 326 is probably the first forerunner to James Bond. Gives me a handle on my National Security Branch business really.

Claude Chabrol's Dr. M is a kinda homage to Fritz's M. Nothing that great. Although you do get to see Jennifer Beals topless. I'm so into French New Wave thought to get Chabrol. I already have Melville (Le Doulos, Bob Le Flambeur, Le Samourai), Truffaut (Fahrenheit 451), Godard (Breathless, Alphaville, Contempt) so a Chabrol film gives me a sense of completeness perhaps.