The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
39 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry HathawayDirector
- John Monks Jr.Screenplay
- Sy BartlettScreenplay
- David ButtolphOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- James CagneyRobert Emmett 'Bob' Sharkey
- AnnabellaSuzanne de Beaumont
- Richard ConteWilliam H. 'Bill' O'Connell
- Frank LatimoreJeff Lassiter
- Walter AbelCharles Gibson
- Melville CooperPappy Simpson
- Sam JaffeMayor Galimard
- Karl MaldenJump Master (uncredited)
- Judith LowryPeasant Woman (uncredited)
- Reed HadleyNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Dick WesselGestapo Officer (uncredited)
- Dick GordonPsychiatrist (scenes deleted)