A B-movie spy romp where Erich von Stroheim schemes in Lisbon and nobody's accent makes sense.
A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.
Production
Republic Pictures squeezing 'exotic Europe' out of a soundstage.
Acting
Von Stroheim's hypnotic villainy elevating every scene he steals.
Director
George Sherman
Vera Ralston
Maria Mazarek, aka Maritza
Richard Arlen
John Craig
Erich von Stroheim
Deresco
Otto Kruger
Alexis Vanderlyn
Eduardo Ciannelli
Blanco
Robert Livingston
Bill Flanagan
Mona Barrie
Evelyn
Frank Orth
Murgatroyd
Sarah Edwards
Maude Perry-Tonides
Alice Fleming
Agatha Sanford-Richards
Leon Belasco
Fado Singer
Kenne Duncan
Paul--Deresco Aide
Ruth Roman
Checkroom Girl
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vera Ralston was ice skater Vera Hruba before Republic Studios head Herbert Yates (her future husband) rebranded her as an exotic European starlet despite her thick Czech accent.
Released six months before D-Day, this was part of Hollywood's wave of 'soft propaganda' thrillers set in neutral European cities—Lisbon being the real-life espionage capital where genuine spies actually operated.
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