william powell be an amnesiac who can not recall his past beyond wake up in a hospital in marseille in 1922. he have just survive a train wreck and but have no memory of the event or any of his past . now of course he a rise young man in the french diplomatic corp about to get a big appointment in pre world war ii france and he accuse of be a former master criminal . the evidence against him be 50/50 . basil rathbone who say he a former partner in crime with powell now be engage in a bit of blackmail and he contrive quite a scheme to convince powell he who rathbone say he be . a quite unbelievable scheme at that . it sad that mgm waste the talent of some of it best player for a story that quite unbelievable . i do not want to write any spoiler and but let me say in order for this scheme to have work rathbone would have have to have psychic ability to rival nostradamus . hedy lamarr have little to do and but be powell faithful missus . and claire trevor and felix bressart and margaret wycherly and h. b. warner have all do much well film . in fact the only reason it get as many a three star be for all the star in this thing and god bless em .