The audience knows that, but Joel McCrea, walking on his own property, does not. He sees what he believes to be a poacher and before he can even find out who the person is, shoots them with a rifle filled with buckshot, which would only bring them down but not kill them. At the same time, someone is aiming a rifle at the same person, and that's the bullet that eventually kills him. Desperate to avoid being prosecuted for murder, McCrea takes advantage of the fact that while carrying the body, he tripped over a large root and the body flew over a cliff.
Pretty soon he's visited by a rather bizarre Polish official (Herbert Lom) who bums ride with him and wife Evelyn Keyes who has all sorts of questions for him. But it turns out that Lom lives in a local mental hospital, and they aren't quite sure if he's a patient or not. Several other weird characters pop up to increase the intrigue, among them and ever so efficient British official played by Roland Culver.
Spy dramas can often be messy, and while this one has its moments, for the most part it's pretty clear cut. The British countryside is quite beautiful, and then they end up in London where there are confrontations at Victoria Station and inside the Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum where everything comes together. Pretty intriguing but I found it a little dull at times, and some of Keyes' line readings were a little bizarre. But as a light film noir spy drama, it has its share of interesting characters and is a decent thriller even if I wasn't entirely enthused by it.
Pretty soon he's visited by a rather bizarre Polish official (Herbert Lom) who bums ride with him and wife Evelyn Keyes who has all sorts of questions for him. But it turns out that Lom lives in a local mental hospital, and they aren't quite sure if he's a patient or not. Several other weird characters pop up to increase the intrigue, among them and ever so efficient British official played by Roland Culver.
Spy dramas can often be messy, and while this one has its moments, for the most part it's pretty clear cut. The British countryside is quite beautiful, and then they end up in London where there are confrontations at Victoria Station and inside the Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum where everything comes together. Pretty intriguing but I found it a little dull at times, and some of Keyes' line readings were a little bizarre. But as a light film noir spy drama, it has its share of interesting characters and is a decent thriller even if I wasn't entirely enthused by it.