That was an excellent one.

Fresh and Exciting

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Upon learning that Prime Minister Chamberlain has made peace with Nazi Germany, a British officer by the name of "Wing Commander Keith Wilson" (George Sanders) becomes quite angry and voices his concern that Hitler will not keep his word. Unfortunately, he then proceeds to get exceedingly drunk and commits some indiscretions while in uniform for which he is subsequently court-martialed for behavior unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman. Ironically, his predicament draws the attention of the British Secret Service who not only believe like he does but also realize that he may be quite useful to them as a spy against the Germans in the near future. But first they have to make him appear to be valuable to the Germans and to do that they will have to destroy his reputation in the process. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this movie was made during World War 2 and includes the usual nationalistic sentiment one would expect from a film produced during this particular time. It goes with the territory. Even so, it was still entertaining in its own right and because of that I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.

That mastermind of sophisticated deviousness, George Sanders, turns heroic as a British correspondent who turns traitor to turn on the Nazi's and destroy them right in front of their schwatickered backs. He does it very cleverly too, in a somewhat convoluted plot line which reveals that other major characters may not be whom they claim to be as well. He's joined by two darkly beautiful women, Marguerite Chapman and Gale Sondergaard, characters with German sounding names who may or may not be on the side of the Nazi's. Typical war propaganda is no better, but certainly not worse, than other films of its kind of the war years, of which there were dozens. It flows by quickly, but is often perplexing as it moves from one segment of deception and danger to another. Sanders, an excellent actor in villain roles, easily convinces his British pals that he's betrayed them, and that makes the betrayal all the more believable. You can understand why even the Nazi's are fooled. It served a purpose during war, and now serves as a reminder of what the future needs to avoid if continuing freedom will prevail.

I enjoyed this movie. Love these movies from the forties. This is one of four war dramas that George Sanders made in 1943. Sanders was handsome and charming as usual and watching him play a counterspy and a hero was fun. He gave an excellent performance. You can count on Sanders to make a movie worth watching. He played the role of RAF officer Keith Wilson, who is dismissed from the RAF in disgrace after bitingly criticizing the British peace pact with Hitler in 1938. He is recruited by the British secret service and ends up in Berlin as an apparent traitor giving propaganda broadcasts for the Germans, but his talks contain secret codes which help the British. The other actors played their parts well also. Of course there was a love interest. I always enjoy it when Sanders gets the girl. The only bad part of the movie was Sanders' death in the end.

Seen this movie recently, strongly feel that Ilse's death is just not worth it, I think that's some kind of stupid. But I don't know why she became an assistant to her evil brother, because it's just him who killed her at last.Over all, I think George Sanders is quite charming and his levelheaded behavior in the movie made me admire him even more.And this movie made me think about Bogart's Sahara because they all filmed during the war.