"During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles."
Douglas Wakefield
as Sam Gates
Paddy Browne
as Martha Clowes
Jack Allen
as Captain Bradshaw
Albert Lieven
as Captain Hausemann
Nicholas Hannen
as Colonel Pemberton
Gibb McLaughlin
as Colonel Ludwig
Allan Jeayes
as Colonel Roberts
Alf Goddard
as Sergeant Bryan
George Hayes
as Corporal Boehme
Eliot Makeham
as Trufit
Hay Petrie
as Britt
O.B. Clarence
as Medical Officer
Mario Zampi
Director
Producer
David Lean
Editor
Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Ralph Block
Hans Wilhelm
Anatole de Grunwald