In Nazi-occupied Netherlands, Dutch intelligence Colonel Pieter Deventer (Clark Gable) makes contact with resistance leader "The Scarf" (Victor Mature). Pieter is forced to recruit Carla Van Oven (Lana Turner) on a mission despite her suspicious past and Nazi connections.
The filming style is rather old fashion at times. Other than being color, there is an older face to the production. The story moves rather slowly until it gets to the little moments of action. The characters seem to go back and forth across the channel without transitions. One would think smuggling would be more intense than that. They are also unnecessary moments of confusion of their locations. The espionage plot also gets unnecessarily confused. The switching between the protagonists also disrupts the flow. I can excuse a lot more if the filming is closer to the war years. One expects better work by then. Carla keeps the movie on its toes but even there, it deteriorates. She gets too melodramatic and again, it's an older way of cinema. There is plenty of old war machinery but the action is very limited. It is all about the mystery but it loses the tension well before the reveal.
The filming style is rather old fashion at times. Other than being color, there is an older face to the production. The story moves rather slowly until it gets to the little moments of action. The characters seem to go back and forth across the channel without transitions. One would think smuggling would be more intense than that. They are also unnecessary moments of confusion of their locations. The espionage plot also gets unnecessarily confused. The switching between the protagonists also disrupts the flow. I can excuse a lot more if the filming is closer to the war years. One expects better work by then. Carla keeps the movie on its toes but even there, it deteriorates. She gets too melodramatic and again, it's an older way of cinema. There is plenty of old war machinery but the action is very limited. It is all about the mystery but it loses the tension well before the reveal.