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but pathetic exterior, But if you are suscepible, as the reviewer is, to the hair-breadth, imminent and deadly then the fim is most entertaining. Its excitements are continuous, and although it is a box-office piece it wears the air of enjoying itself immensely, which is captivating, anyway."
262:, and allows himself to be blackmailed by Faber into doing a number of illegal jobs. These include a marriage of convenience to Marion, a young Austrian girl who is desperate to acquire British nationality; also the theft of some radioactive items from a docks warehouse.
258:. They observe the German contact, Keitel, and their suspicion falls on lawyer Paul Faber. Grant manages to get a clerical job in Faber's London office, using a false identity. He allows himself to be exposed as an ex-army officer who's gone
247:, without revealing the whereabouts of Professor Hansen, a refugee Swedish scientist in Britain. He is believed to be unwittingly passing information on the atomic bomb to Germany through the neutral
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gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "This B-thriller is worth seeing for its treatment of a topical theme – atomic weapons – and the performance of Robert Newton, then on the cusp of stardom."
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622:(145): 2. 1 January 1946 – via ProQuest.
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907:The Patient Vanishes
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209:Lawrence Huntington
42:Lawrence Huntington
962:The Upturned Glass
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