James Mason

Danielle Darrieux

Michael Rennie

Walter Hampden

Oskar Karlweis

Herbert Berghof

John Wengraf

Ben Astar

Roger Plowden

Diane Adrian

Patrick Whyte

Hanna Axmann-Rezzori

David Bauer

Lawrence Dobkin

Martín Garralaga

Lumsden Hare

Richard Loo

Lester Matthews

Keith McConnell

Frank McLure

Charles Meakin

Alberto Morin

Nestor Paiva

Michael Pate

Konstantin Shayne

Ivan Triesault

Otto Waldis

Alfred Zeisler

Stuart Hall

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

L.C. Moyzisch

Michael Wilson

Otto Lang

Bernard Herrmann

Norbert Brodine

James B. Clark

George W. Davis

Lyle R. Wheeler

Thomas Little

Walter M. Scott

Ben Nye

Charles LeMaire

W.D. Flick

Roger Heman Sr.

Thriller

Drama

5 Fingers

20th Century Fox

United States of America

CinemaSerf

James Mason ("Diello") is great in this superior WWII espionage story. He portrays the ostensibly obliging valet to the British Ambassador in Turkey. He has a bit of a sideline in secrets, though, and when he hooks up with the recently penniless Polish "Countess Anna" (Danielle Darrieux) to launder the ill-gotten gains, he begins to proceed with his cunning plan: to amass enough funds from the Nazis to retire to a millionaire's lifestyle in South America. When the British start to suspect, they bring Michael Rennie ("Travers") out from London to investigate. Not only does this put pressure on our treacherous friend, but when his partner absconds with all of the loot he has to think fast to survive... The story begins with a question in Parliament about the authenticity of a newspaper article suggesting this fantastic plot, so there is some truth to it. Add to that, the fact that the Nazis were so keen to get the information, but not trusting enough of their source to actually use and it gives our story an extra potency, too. Mason injects quite a bit of panache into his likeable, if totally duplicitous, character and the remainder of the tightly-knitted cast keep the pot boiling really well. Joseph Mankiewicz took the production to Istanbul which, again, assists with the realism of this really quite gripping drama with a suitably fitting conclusion. It's good, this film!

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