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Summary

Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires the necessary information that leads to the breakout of a German spy who holds key information about the Allies' newest offensive plans. However, the arrival of British officer David Baynes and his romancing of Bridie lead to unexpected consequences.

Cast

Deborah Kerr

Bridie Quilty

Trevor Howard

Lt. David Bayne

Raymond Huntley

J. Miller

Michael Howard

Hawkins

Liam Redmond

Uncle Timothy

Brefni O'Rorke

Michael O'Callaghan

James Harcourt

Grandfather Edwards

George Woodbridge

Walter

Garry Marsh

Capt. Goodhusband

Olga Lindo

Mrs Edwards

Tom Macaulay

Lt Spanswick

David Ward

Oscar Pryce

Harry Hutchinson

Chief Mourner

Eddie Golden

Terence Delaney

Marie Ault

Mrs O'Mara

Humphrey Heathcote

Sgt. Harry Harris

John Salew

Man in the Bookshop

David Tomlinson

Intelligence Officer

Kenneth Buckley

Radio-Telephone Operator

Torin Thatcher

Police Constable

Everley Gregg

1st Woman on Train

Kathleen Boutall

2nd Woman on Train

Pat Leonard

Liverpool Hotel Receptionist

Katie Johnson

Old Lady on Train

Gerald Case

Col. Dennington

W.G. O'Gorman

Danny Quilty

Frank Atkinson

Soldier in Pub (uncredited)

Dorothy Bramhall

ATS Corporal

Brenda Bruce

American Waitress (uncredited)

Peter Cotes

Brash Young Man

Bob Elson

Policeman (uncredited)

Josephine Fitzgerald

2nd Irishwoman

Cameron Hall

Tynwald Court Usher (uncredited)

Joan Hickson

Hotel Manageress

Austin Meldon

Customs Officer

Kathleen Murphy

1st Irishwoman

Doreen Percherson

Manx Hotel Receptionist

Norman Pierce

Dance M.C.

Tony Quinn

Galley Guide

Albert Sharpe

Irish Publican

Jim Winters

Irish Policeman

Harry Webster

Uncle Joe

Norman Shelley

Man in Straw Hat

Clifford Buckton

Plainclothes Man on Train (uncredited)

Eddie Byrne

Irish Sailor Lookout (uncredited)

Hugh Dempster

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Arthur Denton

Mr. Cloggerty (uncredited)

Howard Douglas

Guest at Birthday Party (uncredited)

Leslie Dwyer

Soldier in Café (uncredited)

Kathleen Harrison

Waitress (uncredited)

Peter Jones

Soldier in Pub (uncredited)

Patricia Laffan

Bit Part (uncredited)

Frank Ling

Soldier in Pub (uncredited)

Johnnie Schofield

Villager (uncredited)

Vi Stevens

Hotel Floor Cleaner (uncredited)

Harry Terry

Irish Smuggler (uncredited)

John Vere

Bit Part (uncredited)

Jack Vyvyan

Village Postman (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay, Story

Frank Launder

Writer

Sidney Gilliat

Writer

Wolfgang Wilhelm

Reviews

Geronimo1967

July 7, 2022

Putting the rather obvious historical gaffs to one side for two hours, this is quite an enjoyable story of "Bridie Quilty" (Deborah Kerr) who has grown up in Ireland listening to wonderfully gilded myths and legends of the revolution against the tyrannical English. On her 21st birthday, she determines to do her bit to ensure Irish freedom and so, to that end, travels to Dublin to try and enlist with the IRA. Not to be, but she has attracted the attentions of the manipulative Raymond Huntley ("Miller") - whom she met on her train - and is soon embroiled in a plot to spring a fella from jail and to, inadvertently on her part, assist the Nazis. She also encounters the British officer "Baynes" (Trevor Howard) whilst working in a the hotel near the jail from which their prisoner was to escape. Pretty quickly, everyone suspects everyone else and we are off on an adventure with an tiny bit of romance, too. It is a testament to Messrs. Launder and Gilliat that this story has enough truth - or plausibility, at any rate - about the scenarios to keep the plot interesting and Kerr is on decent form as the idealist young girl who has to learn fact from fiction quickly. We have stereotypes a-plenty to poke fun at (for they are there to inject humour, I felt, rather than offer any deep-meaning critique on the politics of neutral Ireland or colonial Britain) and the ending is probably fair!