Synopsis
When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Gottfried ReinhardtDirector
- George FroeschelWriter
- Ronald MillarWriter
- Walter GoehrOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Clark GableCol. Pieter Deventer
- Lana TurnerCarla Van Oven
- Victor Mature'The Scarf'
- Louis CalhernGen. Ten Eyck
- O.E. HasseCol. Helmuth Dietrich
- Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteGen. Charles Larraby (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
- Ian CarmichaelCapt. Jackie Lawson
- Niall MacGinnisBlackie
- Nora SwinburneThe Scarf's Mother
- Roland CulverGen. Warsleigh
- Leslie WestonPop
- Christopher RhodesChris
Stills
Themes
ambushworld war iidouble agentoperation market gardenfemale spynazi spynazi collaborationismarnhemrescue operationdutch resistance