no wonder luise rainer career go south follow this film and several others . follow her oscar win and ms. rainer be rush into some poor film and the result show quickly . in this film and she sound like she have congestion and but people would say that this be because of her accent . a tale of polish and russian spy and the entire concept need reworking . the writing be weak and the performance by rainer and powell just aren not there because theyre give such poor material to work with . a the countess mironova and rainer act and look like a refugee living in brooklyn . she appear a one of the foreigner you would meet at a marketplace . the plot be a good one . polish nationalist kidnap a russian emperor son in the hope that a polish nationalist will be free . instead of concentrate on this and the film devote itself to how 2 spy and rainer and powell and try to outwit each other by get the candlestick which reveal important information inside . frank morgan provide some comic relief to robert young and the victim of the kidnapping . yet and his part be mainly understated a be the problem with the entire film .