In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn.
Glenn Ford
as Michael 'Mike' Blake
Geraldine Brooks
as Christine 'Chris' Kenneth
Cedric Hardwicke
as Father Goron
George Macready
as Count Paul Rona
Gaby André
as Gaby Saunders
Jany Holt
as The Countess
Roger Tréville
as Police Insp. Faubert
Juliette Gréco
as Singer (scenes deleted)
Georges Tabet
as Jacques Piotet
Meg Lemonnier
as Madame Piotet
CinemaSerf
I can't help think that Glenn Ford was just the wrong man for the part here. He portrays "Mike" - a GI who returns to France after WWII to track down an artefact that he encountered at the end of the war - one that could reverse his rather meagre financial fortunes. When in Paris a corpse is found i...