The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
132 audience votes
Key crew
- Fritz LangDirector
- Dudley NicholsScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Walter PidgeonCaptain Alan Thorndike
- Joan BennettJerry Stokes
- George SandersMajor Quive-Smith
- John CarradineMr. Jones
- Roddy McDowallVaner
- Ludwig StösselDoctor
- Heather ThatcherLady Alice Risborough
- Frederick WorlockLord Gerald Risborough
- Roger ImhofCaptain Jensen
- Holmes HerbertSaul Farnsworthy
- Egon BrecherJeweler
- Eily MalyonPostmistress
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Themes
sniperlondon, englandambassadorworld war iistowawayon the runassassination attemptnazi underworldbig game huntersteam shipadolf hitlerpre-war