An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
Direction
Welles' final studio film—and he still got away with murder.
Cinematography
That clock tower climax? Pure shadow-drenched perfection.
Acting
Welles smolders with menace; Robinson sniffs him out.
Director
Orson Welles
Edward G. Robinson
Federal Agent Wilson
Loretta Young
Mary Longstreet
Orson Welles
Prof. Charles Rankin
Philip Merivale
Judge Adam Longstreet
Richard Long
Noah Longstreet
Konstantin Shayne
Konrad Meinike
Byron Keith
Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence
Billy House
Mr. Solomon Potter
Martha Wentworth
Sara
David Bond
Student (uncredited)
John Brown
Passport Photographer (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
War Crimes Commision Member (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Welles insisted on filming real Holocaust footage for the projector scene—studio fought him, he won.
Released months after WWII ended, this was Hollywood's first explicit cinematic confrontation with Nazi war criminals hiding in plain sight.
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