- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tony Sloman
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2 out of 5
It may not sound like it, but this is a Second World War Herbert Wilcox-Anna Neagle adventure, with Neagle spying for good old Blighty by pretending to be a Nazi sympathiser in Canada. Interestingly, the screenplay of this preposterous tosh was written by actor/playwright Miles Malleson and film historian DeWitt Bodeen, better known for his RKO Val Lewton thrillers (Cat People and The Seventh Victim). Director Wilcox hasn't a clue how to build the thrills inherent in this kind of material, and as Neagle and her intelligence shadow Richard Greene sabotage the Nazi plot to blow up a Nova Scotia harbour, the whole thing becomes gently risible. Trouble is, it wasn't meant to be funny.
Plot Summary
Second World War spy drama starring Anna Neagle. Suspected Nazi sympathiser Sally Maitland gets caught up in a dangerous plot when she leaves wartime Britain for Canada.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Sally Maitland
- Anna Neagle
- Jim Garrick
- Richard Greene
- Mrs Towcester
- Margaret Rutherford
- Betty Maitland
- Nova Pilbeam
- Jan Orlock
- Albert Lieven
- Madame Orlock
- Lucie Mannheim
- Lady Maitland
- Marjorie Fielding
- German commander
- Valentine Dyall
- Admiral
- David Horne
- Major Fothergill
- Claude Bailey
Crew
- Director
- Herbert Wilcox
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