For Capt. Robert John Evans, smuggling black-market goods is nothing out of the ordinary. But one day he's hired by Aristides Mavros for a more involved assignment -- sneaking an imprisoned American out of communist-controlled territory. The job seems challenging enough, but when he meets the prisoner's sultry wife, Sylvia, he realizes his mission comes with a startling catch: Not only must he rescue this man, he must bring him back from the dead.
Acting
Claude Rains elevates every scene he enters like a gentleman thief.
Cinematography
TrueColor Naturama makes Lisbon look edible.
Director
Ray Milland
Ray Milland
Robert John Evans
Maureen O'Hara
Sylvia Merrill
Claude Rains
Aristides Mavros
Francis Lederer
Seraphim
Yvonne Furneaux
Maria Maddalena Masanet
Jay Novello
Fonseca
Percy Marmont
Lloyd Merrill
Robie Lester
Singer
Edward Chapman
Edgar Selwyn
Humberto Madeira
Tio Rabio
Anita Guerreiro
Fado Singer
Vasco Santana
Customer at Fado's House
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Milland bought the rights himself after the original flopped, convinced he could direct it better. He couldn't get financing for color, so he struck a deal with Republic Pictures for their Naturama process.
Shot during Portugal's Salazar dictatorship, the film's communist villains let the production shoot in actual coastal fortresses—ironic propaganda cooperation nobody acknowledged.
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