After the evacuation at Dunkirk, June 1940, some thousands of British prisoners are sent to German P.O.W. camps. One such group includes "Capt. Geoffrey Mitchell," a concentration-camp escapee who assumed the identity of a dead British officer. To avoid exposure, "Mitchell" must correspond with the dead man's estranged wife Celia. But eventual exposure seems certain, and the men must find a way to get him out. If he reaches England, though, what will his reception be?


cast: Michael Redgrave .... Capt. Karel Hasek, alias Geoffrey Mitchell /
Derek Bond .... Lt. Stephen Harley /
Gordon Jackson .... Lt. David Lennox /
Jack Warner .... Cpl. Ted Horsfall /
Mervyn Johns .... Pvt. Don Evans /
Rachel Kempson .... Celia Mitchell /
Jimmy Hanley .... Pvt. Mathews /
Jane Barrett .... Caroline Harley /
Robert Wyndham .... Lt. Cmdr. Robert Marsden, RNVR /
Meriel Forbes .... Beryl Curtiss /
Margot Fitzsimmons .... Elspeth McDougall (as Margot Fitzsimons) /
Rachel Thomas .... Di Evans /
Gladys Henson .... Flo Horsfall /
Basil Radford .... Maj. 'Ossy' Dalrymple /
Guy Middleton .... Capt. Jim Grayson.

Runtime: 94 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Black and White