During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.

Madeleine Carroll
Elsa Carrington

John Gielgud
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

Peter Lorre
The General

Robert Young
Robert Marvin

Percy Marmont
Caypor
Florence Kahn
Mrs. Caypor

Charles Carson
"R"

Lilli Palmer
Lilli
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Release Date
May 31, 1936
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Director