Cinematography
Shadows so deep you'll need a flashlight to find the plot.
Acting
Dick Powell's thousand-yard stare could cut glass.
Direction
Dmytryk squeezes dread from every hotel corridor.
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Dick Powell
Laurence Gerard
Walter Slezak
Melchior Incza
Micheline Cheirel
Mme. Madeleine Jarnac(Laurent)
Nina Vale
Señora Camargo
Morris Carnovsky
Manuel Satana
Edgar Barrier
DuBois, Insurance Man
Steven Geray
Señor Tomas Camargo
Jack La Rue
Diego, Hotel Valet
Gregory Gaye
Perchon, German Banker
Luther Adler
Marcel Jarnac
Ellen Corby
Swiss Maid (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
Airline Hostess (uncredited)
Martin Cichy
Jopo (uncredited)
Jean Del Val
M. Trabeau, First Prefect (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dmytryk was one of the Hollywood Ten and made this while awaiting his HUAC testimony; the paranoia feels lived-in.
The fictional 'Larnac' stands in for very real Nazi escape networks to Argentina—operationally accurate for 1945.
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