Top Billed Cast

Jack Hawkins
Gen. Alex Schottland
Gia Scala
Lili Geyr
Erik Schumann
Lt. Reinisch
Alexander Knox
Gestapo Leader Müller
Felix Aylmer
Cornaz
Walter Hudd
Adm. Canaris
Edward Underdown
Kaltenbrunner
Laurence Naismith
Gen. Hauser
Geoffrey Bayldon
Dietz
Kenneth Griffith
Adolf Hitler
Robert Crewdson
1st Gestapo Agent
Michael Caine
Gestapo Agent
Harriette Johns
Karen Corscher
Martin Benson
Gen. Wagner
Victor Woolf
Pawnbroker
Richard Grey
Field Marshal Keitel
Ronald Hines
German Corporal
Donald Pleasence
Gen. Hardt
Martin Boddey
Gen. Optiz
Bernard Fox
Lieutenant
Deering Wells
Gen. Merkel
Nade Beall
Eva Fischer
Ian Colin
Col. Heitz
Peter Swanwick
Gen. Toppe
Desmond Roberts
Gen. Zeiss
Victor Fairley
Gen. Rupert
W. Thorp Deverreux
Gen. Kirche
Neil Hallett
Hitler's Guard (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
German General at Party (uncredited)
Peter Welch
Gestapo Major (uncredited)
John Dunbar
Doctor (uncredited)
Bart Allison
Orderly (uncredited)
John Brooking
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Clifford Earl
British Soldier (uncredited)
Norman Fisher
German General at Restaurant (uncredited)
Dudley Foster
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
Patrick Halpin
German Officer at Party (uncredited)
Edward Malin
Orderly (uncredited)
John McLaren
Bit Part (uncredited)
Martin Sterndale
Bit Part (uncredited)
Johnny Wyne
German Officer at Restaurant (uncredited)
Sheree Winton
(uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Dec 24 2022

Jack Hawkins wasn't always renowned for the subtlety of his performances, but he does manage that well here. In this quite plausible adaptation of AP Scotland's fact-based book, he portrays a German officer who works his way up the ranks, ultimately to reach staff rank in the Nazi army - whilst passing on secrets to the British for almost 30 years. The direction is suspenseful and it maintains the tension well - especially towards the end. This is rarely seen, nowadays, but is eminently watchable....