another old goodie from rko studio and in the era when they be churn out spy melodrama almost by the dozen . i decide to watch this one for two main reason represent first and it have a still young look james mason and appear in his thirtieth movie ( he first appear in 1935 ) and there also one of the heavy of the thirty and forty and herbert lom and once again show his under rat acting ability . i be also surprise at the great camera work represent some truly imaginative interior and great use of shadow and lighting and and quite an interesting denouement between the two men at the top of a building and again with some brilliant camera work . the setting be suppose to be in 1938 southern france and but in wartime and one make do with the back lot at pinewood while unhappily and that be all too obvious . there be other technical fault and shortcoming but just pretend youre in the local palace on a bleak afternoon in 1944 london . the story about a young man and peter vadassy ( mason ) and be frame for espionage seem to me a bit weak and at the outset represent the local gendarmerie allow him to go free so that he can help trap the real spy and after he prove and sort of and that he be not the guilty party . why then would the director of french naval intelligence rope in a stranger to help do their work . ah and well and that a bit of the puzzle that all come together at the end and and very nicely do too . of course and that what one should expect from an alistair maclean novel and i reckon . give the time and it a good cast and the acting be generally good and even if the character be a bit stereotypical . hey and it be wartime and so it be good propaganda and i guess . at 85 minute and it be a nice break after a busy day and the office . my pc . it would not appeal to the young set and of course and but rko and spy story enthusiast and who probably tend to be a bit old and would enjoy this one . i do .