, 1h35 Directed byCarol Reed, Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, War, Thriller, Spy ThemesSpy films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films ActorsMargaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Wyndham Goldie Roles Controller Rating71% As German forces take over Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), a Czechoslovak scientist working on a new type of armour-plating, is flown to Britain. Bomasch's daughter, Anna (Margaret Lockwood), is arrested before she can reach the airport and sent to a concentration camp, where she is interrogated by Nazis who are after her father. Anna refuses to cooperate. Soon she is befriended by a fellow prisoner named Karl Marsen (Paul Henreid), who says he is a teacher imprisoned for his political views. Together they are able to escape and make their way to London. Anna does not know that Marsen is in fact a Gestapo agent assigned to gain her trust and locate her father.
Le capitaine Harley (John Davis Lodge), commandant d'un navire britannique en route pour Singapour, où il a été chargé par le propriétaire du bateau d'amener une perle de grande valeur, est confronté à un équipage rebelle. Une mutinerie éclate à bord, peu avant que le navire soit attaqué par des pirates ...