Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.
Merle Oberon
Nicole Larsen
Brian Aherne
Capt. Allan Lowell
Carl Esmond
Maj. Paul Dichter
Isobel Elsom
Rose Lindstrom
Fritz Leiber
Dr. Aanrud
Erville Alderson
Soren
Erik Rolf
Ole
Reinhold Schünzel
Col. Kurt von Elser
Richard Ryen
Dr. Hoff
Lewis Wilson
Dr. Kleinich
Fern Emmett
Dress Designer (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Nazi Captain (uncredited)
John Elliott
Norwegian patient
Greta Granstedt
Girl assistant
William Phillips
Edvard, Aanrud's assistant
Pietro Sosso
Janitor
Conrad Binyon
Boy
Arno Frey
Sergeant
Eric Feldary
Private
Henry Rowland
Private
Hans von Morhart
German guard
Ethel Griffies
Nurse
Walter Thiele
Orderly
John Royce
German orderly
Frederic Brunn
German guard
Lloyd Ingraham
Elderly Norwegian man
Louis Adlon
Nazi lieutenant
Niels Bagge
Thorsten
Rex Williams
Young Nazi officer
Otto Reichow
Young Nazi officer
Fern Emmett
Dress designer
Guy Kingsford
Submarine commander
Louis Jean Heydt
First Norwegian (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
Blake
Director
Dorothy Arzner
Novel
Elliott Arnold
Screenplay
Lewis Meltzer
Screenplay
Melvin Levy
April 4, 2022
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Merle Oberon ("Nicole") is quite effective in this tale of the Norwegian resistance to the occupying Nazis. She earns the disdain of her fellow countrymen by fraternising with "Maj. Dichter" (Carl Esmond) but is really milking him for information which she has passed on to the British. When a few commandos are parachuted in - including "Lowell" (Brian Aherne), the true love of "Nicole" - things really start to heat up and just about everybody's life is on the line. "Dichter" is also now really starting to smell rat very close to home. It's a good, solid adventure story this with plenty of stirring music from Ernest Tock that builds to quite a fitting, exciting and touching denouement. The sentiment of courage and bravery is well delivered. The strength of character from this young woman determined to do her bit for her nation, regardless of the risk to herself, is well captured by Dorothy Arzner here. There is plenty going on for 90 minutes and it is well worth watching.
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