After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
Madeleine Carroll
as Elsa Carrington
John Gielgud
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Peter Lorre
as The General
Robert Young
as Robert Marvin
Percy Marmont
as Caypor
Florence Kahn
as Mrs. Caypor
Charles Carson
as "R"
Lilli Palmer
as Lilli
Denys Blakelock
as Man (uncredited)
Sebastian Cabot
as Man (uncredited)
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John Gielgud charmingly portrays the novelist-cum-officer dragooned by the British spy service into travelling to Switzerland on the trail of a Nazi spy. He is assigned two assistants - a rather naive, but keen, Madeleine Carroll "Elsa" and a suitable sleazy, but lethal, Peter Lorre "as The General"...