
In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.
Cast

Patricia Morison
Jarmilla Hanka

John Carradine
Reinhardt Heydrich

Alan Curtis
Karel Vavra

Howard Freeman
Heinrich Himmler

Ralph Morgan
Jan Hanka

Edgar Kennedy
Nepomuk - the Hermit

Ludwig Stössel
Herman Bauer, bugomaster

Al Shean
Father Cemlanek

Elizabeth Russell
Maria Bartonek - Anton's Wife

Jimmy Conlin
Dvorak - the Shopkeeper

Ava Gardner
Franciska Pritric (uncredited)

Jorja Curtright
Clara Janek, Clara Janek (uncredited)
Natalie Draper
Julia Petschek

Vicky Lane
Student

Blanche Yurka
Frau Anna Hanka
Nellie Anderson
Old Lady Masaryk (uncredited)

Richard Bailey
Anton Bartonek (uncredited)

Lester Dorr
Sergeant (uncredited)

Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Katy Chotnick (uncredited)
John Good
Unknown

Frank Hagney
Engineer (uncredited)
Ernst Hauessermann
Unknown

Johanna Hofer
Unknown

Betty Jaynes
Unknown

Victor Kilian
Janek

Laurie Lane
Unknown

Adolf E. Licho
Unknown

Emmett Lynn
Germak (uncredited)

George Lynn
Unknown

John Merton
Unknown
Betty Jean Nichols
Unknown
Richard Nichols
Unknown

Fred Nurney
Unknown

Frances Rafferty
Annaliese Cermak (uncredited)

Otto Reichow
Unknown

Lionel Royce
Unknown

Richard Ryen
Unknown
Hans Schumm
Unknown

Richard Talmadge
Unknown

Sigfrid Tor
Unknown
Celia Travers
Unknown

Peter van Eyck
Unknown
Hans von Morhart
Unknown

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Unknown

Ben Webster
Unknown

Wolfgang Zilzer
Unknown

Roger Moore
Prisoner (uncredited)

Enrique Acosta
Prisoner (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich
German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Louis V. Arco
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilmer Barnes
Officer (uncredited)
Walter Bonn
Military Doctor (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
Linesman (uncredited)

Budd Buster
Conductor (uncredited)

James Dime
Townsman (uncredited)
Danny Duncan
Guard (uncredited)
Mary Elliott
Anna Parsek (uncredited)

Jim Farley
Town Crier (uncredited)
Dan Fitzpatrick
Coffin-Bearer (uncredited)

Gary Gray
Little Boy (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Villager (uncredited)

Hugh Maguire
Boy (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Czech Laborer in Pain (uncredited)
Charles Marsh
Soldier (uncredited)

Tully Marshall
Teacher (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick
Assistant Doctor (uncredited)
Ray Miller
Soldier (uncredited)

Dennis Moore
Orderly (uncredited)
Carl Neubert
3rd Officer (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Townsman (uncredited)
Solvig Smith
Milkmaid (uncredited)
Arthur Thalasso
Guard (uncredited)
Frank Todd
Coffin-Bearer (uncredited)
Sam Waagenaar
Sentry (uncredited)

Carey Wilson
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew

Douglas Sirk
Director
Peretz Hirschbein
Writer
Melvin Levy
Writer

Edgar G. Ulmer
Writer, Production Design
Doris Malloy
Writer
Albrecht Joseph
Story
Emil Ludwig
Story
Bart Lytton
Novel
Dan Milner
Editor
Jack Greenhalgh
Director of Photography
Eugen Schüfftan
Director of Photography
Seymour Nebenzal
Producer
Rudolf S. Joseph
Associate Producer
Karl Hajos
Original Music Composer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Music

Nathaniel Shilkret
Music
Edward Willens
Art Direction
Fred Preble
Art Direction
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