When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.
Acting
Joel McCrea's earnest everyman energy carries the whole operation.
Production
Warner Bros. B-unit efficiency—83 minutes, no fat, one European set redressed six times.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Joel McCrea
Barry Corvall
Brenda Marshall
Brenda Ballard
Jeffrey Lynn
Lowell Warrington
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Corvall
Martin Kosleck
Karl 'Muller' Mullen
Rudolph Anders
Paul Strawn (as Robert O. Davis)
James Stephenson
Dr. Anton Rader
George Bancroft
Dudley Garrett
Stanley Ridges
Hamilton Peyton
Howard Hickman
Walter Forbes
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Dr. Helm
George Davis
Swiss Gendarme (uncredited)
Lucien Prival
Decker
Addison Richards
Bruce Corvall
Edwin Stanley
Secretary of State
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released August 1939, weeks before WWII began—this was Hollywood's last gasp of 'Europe's problems are far away' storytelling.
Brenda Marshall's character name is literally 'Brenda'—someone got lazy in the writers' room.
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