Walter Pidgeon (Captain Thorndike) is captured trying to assassinate Hitler and somehow escapes back to Britain where he is pursued by a gang of Nazis including George Sanders (Major Quive-Smith). Pidgeon is helped along the way by Roddy McDowell (Vaner) and Joan Bennett (Jerry). However, we eventually get to the confrontation between Sanders and Pidgeon. Can these two men make a deal with each other...?
I enjoyed this film despite the story being a load of nonsense. Thorndike would have just been killed at the beginning of the film. However, the writers manage to contrive a situation so that he can escape. The cast are all likable and this wins over actually being any good. A case in point is Joan Bennett - she puts on a terrible cockney accent but she wins us over coz she's likable and it comes as a shock when we hear about what happens to her. It makes the scene where Bennett and Pidgeon walk away from each other on a foggy London bridge one of the more poignant and memorable scenes of the film. As for Pidgeon, why on earth is he the lead playing an Englishman? It doesn't matter, though coz he's likable and he has a determined character transformation at the end of the film.
The story has some good sequences (eg, the chase on the London Underground and the game of cat and mouse in the cave), but it also drags a bit once the platonic romance is introduced. There is quite a lot of humour during these moments but a real prostitute would have just shagged the guy, taken his money and said goodbye. I'm not wholly convinced as to why she would want to follow him around so much. Overall, it's an entertaining film that is worth seeing again.
I enjoyed this film despite the story being a load of nonsense. Thorndike would have just been killed at the beginning of the film. However, the writers manage to contrive a situation so that he can escape. The cast are all likable and this wins over actually being any good. A case in point is Joan Bennett - she puts on a terrible cockney accent but she wins us over coz she's likable and it comes as a shock when we hear about what happens to her. It makes the scene where Bennett and Pidgeon walk away from each other on a foggy London bridge one of the more poignant and memorable scenes of the film. As for Pidgeon, why on earth is he the lead playing an Englishman? It doesn't matter, though coz he's likable and he has a determined character transformation at the end of the film.
The story has some good sequences (eg, the chase on the London Underground and the game of cat and mouse in the cave), but it also drags a bit once the platonic romance is introduced. There is quite a lot of humour during these moments but a real prostitute would have just shagged the guy, taken his money and said goodbye. I'm not wholly convinced as to why she would want to follow him around so much. Overall, it's an entertaining film that is worth seeing again.