Thriller/melodrama/WWII action movie dealing with the Dutch Movement Resistance being threatened by an undercover , mysterious traitor when a Dutch intelligence officer recruits an allied woman to act as liaison with dashing Resistance leader 'The Scarf' for a British attack on Arnhem. As Carla Van Oven (Lana Turner) becomes an Allied spy for the British intelligence in The Netherlands during World War 2, although she's really suspected of having cooperated with the Germans in the past . Colonel Pieter Deventer (Clark Gable) of Dutch intelligence agrees that she may train to join a tough team in the resistance movement , led by rebel leader nicknamed The Scarf (Victor Mature) . The team starts suffering heavy losses after she has joined them. Then colonel Gable falls for Dutch Resistance member who is suspected of being in cahoots with the Germans . Great story of love and war !. The Secret Three meet...one is the betrayer and two the betrayed !. M-G-M filmed the mystery of the year in Holland!
Warlike drama with intrigue , suspense , tension , fights and romance . Bombshell Lana Turner and strongman Clark Gable star in this story of WWII espionage in which she suspected of being a Nazi informer and is sent back to Holland for a last chance at redemption . Decent warfare melodrama with some enjoyable on-location shooting in The Netherlands . Clark Gable is acceptable , but at times was looking tired and jaded when he made this rather predictable WWII action drama . The main question of the film results to be if gorgeous Lana Turner's a traitor and collaborationist , while Gable falls in love for her . Being Clark Gable and Lana Turner's fourth and final teaming , their previous movies were successes enough . They are very well accompanied by a great cast with plenty of familiar faces giving adequate interpretations , such as : Louis Calhern , O. E. Hasse , Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ian Carmichael , Niall MacGinnis ,Nora Swinburne, Roland Culver , Anton Driffing , Theodore Bikel , Richard Anderson , Ferdy Mayne , Reggie Nalder , Mona Washbourne , among others . And stands out Victor Mature , as he takes what acting honours are going, playing a resistance leader with a mother fixation well played by Nora Swinburne.
It was shot mostly on location in Holland far from his usual stamping ground by great photographer Freddie Young who provides a nice camera work . Being filmed in Sittard, Limburg, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands , Vliegveld Ypenburg, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands and London, England, UK . Adding a thrilling and rousing musical score by Walter Goehr . The motion picture was professionally directed by Gottfried Reinhardt , though it has some lack-lustre scenes and proved to be a commercial and critical failure . German Gottfried Reinhardt -son of the prestigious stage director Max Reinhardt- went to Hollywood in 1932, to work for director Ernst Lubitsch. He subsequently joined MGM as an assistant to Walter Wanger, then graduated to writing and production. During World War II, he made documentaries for the Army Signals Corps. He resumed his career as producer or associate producer or director with MGM after 1945, including A-grade films like Command Decision (1948) , Big Jack (1949) , Red Badge of Courage (1951) , Betrayed (1954) , Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious (1965) . In the early 1960's , Reinhardt worked as an independent producer/director, in both Europe and in the U. S. Rating : 6.5/10 . The yarn will appeal to Clark Gable , Lana Turner and Victor Mature fans. Well worth seeing .
Warlike drama with intrigue , suspense , tension , fights and romance . Bombshell Lana Turner and strongman Clark Gable star in this story of WWII espionage in which she suspected of being a Nazi informer and is sent back to Holland for a last chance at redemption . Decent warfare melodrama with some enjoyable on-location shooting in The Netherlands . Clark Gable is acceptable , but at times was looking tired and jaded when he made this rather predictable WWII action drama . The main question of the film results to be if gorgeous Lana Turner's a traitor and collaborationist , while Gable falls in love for her . Being Clark Gable and Lana Turner's fourth and final teaming , their previous movies were successes enough . They are very well accompanied by a great cast with plenty of familiar faces giving adequate interpretations , such as : Louis Calhern , O. E. Hasse , Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ian Carmichael , Niall MacGinnis ,Nora Swinburne, Roland Culver , Anton Driffing , Theodore Bikel , Richard Anderson , Ferdy Mayne , Reggie Nalder , Mona Washbourne , among others . And stands out Victor Mature , as he takes what acting honours are going, playing a resistance leader with a mother fixation well played by Nora Swinburne.
It was shot mostly on location in Holland far from his usual stamping ground by great photographer Freddie Young who provides a nice camera work . Being filmed in Sittard, Limburg, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands , Vliegveld Ypenburg, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands and London, England, UK . Adding a thrilling and rousing musical score by Walter Goehr . The motion picture was professionally directed by Gottfried Reinhardt , though it has some lack-lustre scenes and proved to be a commercial and critical failure . German Gottfried Reinhardt -son of the prestigious stage director Max Reinhardt- went to Hollywood in 1932, to work for director Ernst Lubitsch. He subsequently joined MGM as an assistant to Walter Wanger, then graduated to writing and production. During World War II, he made documentaries for the Army Signals Corps. He resumed his career as producer or associate producer or director with MGM after 1945, including A-grade films like Command Decision (1948) , Big Jack (1949) , Red Badge of Courage (1951) , Betrayed (1954) , Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious (1965) . In the early 1960's , Reinhardt worked as an independent producer/director, in both Europe and in the U. S. Rating : 6.5/10 . The yarn will appeal to Clark Gable , Lana Turner and Victor Mature fans. Well worth seeing .