Movie Information
Overall Rank: 9131
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 10
Theatrical Release Date: 08/27/1943
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herman Shumlin
Actors: Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lucile Watson, Beulah Bondi, George Coulouris
Plot: Sara and Kurt Muller and their three children are returning to her mother's home in Washington DC after 18 years in Europe. A Romanian Count living there discovers Kurt's attache case full of money. He also finds out from friends at the German Embassy that Kurt is working with an anti-Nazi underground group in Germany. He tries to blackmail Kurt. Kurt shoots him and must flee. When Sara hears no more of Kurt, she knows that her oldest son Joshua will soon leave to work in the underground.
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2.5/4
Poor film but a great performance
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 11/17/2009
A film that does not really work for the most part. It has a lot of relationship that are not fully written and a lot of scenes that really are pointless. Its spy story is fairly okay the ending of it works quite well actually. The rest does not though. The characters for the most part are poorly developed and it is another film that painfully simplifies the Spanish civil war. The climax is good as are the main male character and the antagonist but no one else. One biggest problem I have are the terrible child actors in this film. Especially the young boy I could not stand his complete lack of any acting ability what so ever.
Oscar Win Best Actor Paul Lukas 5/5- Paul Lukas is great in his role and is the best part of the film. He is particularly good in the final climax which stops …
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