Anna Neagle

Richard Greene

Nova Pilbeam

Albert Lieven

Lucie Mannheim

George Thorpe

Marjorie Fielding

Franklin Dyall

Margaret Rutherford

Claude Bailey

Valentine Dyall

Sybille Binder

Cyril Fletcher

Leslie Dwyer

Ian Fleming

David Horne

Eliot Makeham

Aubrey Mallalieu

Paul Dupuis

DeWitt Bodeen

Herbert Wilcox

P.M. Bower

Mutz Greenbaum

Vera Campbell

William C. Andrews

Miles Malleson

Drama

Thriller

Yellow Canary

Herbert Wilcox Productions

RKO Radio Pictures

United Kingdom

United States of America

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Anna Neagle ("Sally") is quite efficient as the supposed Nazi sympathiser who abandons her family in a frequently bombed London and heads to the safety of Nova Scotia. En route, she attracts the attention of both the suave Polish officer "Jan Orlock" (Albert Lieven) and of the apparently hapless British one - Richard Greene ("Garrick") on the boat. On arrival, she befriends the mother of "Orlock" (Lucie Mannheim) and our story of espionage and counter-espionage begins in earnest. Nobody is exactly - or even remotely - whom they say they are and Herbert Wilcox manages to keep us guessing for much of the film, helped by three decent lead performances and quite a good story. Margaret Rutherford has some fun, in her very typical fashion to add a bit of light comedy (and sheer bloody mindedness) to the mix too and all told, this is a gently engaging tale of courage and bravery that is just about plausible.

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