A list of German secret agents working in Britain is locked in a safe at a remote country chateau in Nazi-occupied Belgium during World War II.
If the list is to be of any use to the Allies, it must be removed, photographed and replaced in the safe so the Germans will not notice it has been touched.
Convicted safe-cracker Colley Dawson (Ray Milland, who also directed) agrees to take on the job in exchange for his release from jail (where he is serving a ten-year sentence).
After training with a Commando unit and successfully accomplishing the mission, Colley ultimately learns (once again) that crime doesn’t pay when his greed makes him delay his escape from the chateau to steal a precious jade vase from a locked cabinet.
He is discovered and shot and killed by a German officer, but with no other signs of a break-in or raid, the Germans assume he was just a thief trying to steal a valuable piece of art.
Back home in England, Colley’s mother is notified about her son’s death and told that he sacrificed his life for a heroic cause.
Colley Dawson
Ray Milland Bennett Carfield
Barry Jones Irene
Jeanette Sterke Morris
Victor Maddern Major Adbury
Ernest Clark Inspector Frankham
Cyril Raymond Angela
Melissa Stribling Sergeant Harper
Percy Herbert Mrs Dawson
Barbara Everest General Prior
Anthony Nicholls Herbert Fenwright
David Horne Dakers
Colin Gordon Sir George Turvey
Clive Morton Inspector Owing
John Welsh Colonel Charles Mercer
Colin Tapley Lonsen
Henri Vidon Thomson
Ian MacNaughton Shafter
Bernard Fox Bailey
Richard Shaw Lambert
Charles Lloyd Pack Squadron Leader Hawkes
Barry Keegan Fenwright’s Secretary
Jackie Collins Assistant Chief of Staff
John Robinson Air Vice Marshal
Basil Dignam McCullers
Sam Kydd Mrs McCullers
Hilda Fenemore Eddon
Eddie Eddon
Director
Ray Milland
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Convicted safe-cracker Colley Dawson (Ray Milland, who also directed) agrees to take on the job in exchange for his release from jail (where he is serving a ten-year sentence).
