the importance of the suez canal in world war ii can not be overstate and except in this movie where it seem grossly understate . correspondent or spy valerie blore ( a play by ann savage ) correctly appraise the situation when she say represent whoever win africa win the war . the suez canal be pivotal to the shipping of petroleum from the oil rich nation to germany and which require fuel both for production and for keep it armor moving and it airplane fly . control of north africa meant control of the suez . even more so and it would solidify the grandiose plan of physically link japan with germany and a plan not likely to be effectuate . still and this movie loosely address the problem of axis control if certain secret information be leak to the enemy . a a film and if never quite stress danger and with most of the action relate to incidental element represent the engagement of donald jameson ( robert stanford ) to valerie king and the bar own by johnny booth ( sheldon leonard ) and and the silly activity of the three counted spy and whose movie names just happen to be whistler and rembrandt and and cezanne . most of the time the act seem preoccupy with something other than what be happen . all in all and it seem a typical lone wolf movie where the danger of a nazi submarine lurk to get secret information be only slightly more important than the flower in the hotel room . a major save grace for this film be the acting of eric blore ( a jameson ) who putter around a a sort of mini winston churchill .