A team of saboteurs engaged in the Resistance during World War II must rescue one of their top men who has been captured by the Germans after an operation in occupied Belgium.
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I've read that this is one of the first films about the WWII Underground. As such, many of its story elements will feel like déjà vu to modern audiences. Even so, it stands out for its excellent craftsmanship, and two or three sequences are really thrilling. There are some errors in the Wikipedia page for this movie.
(...) Michèle the Belgian émigrée (Signoret), whose sweetheart has died after the occupation of Belgium (...)
Michèle's sweetheart has not died; he has turned quisling.
On completion of their training Fr Elliott and Julie are parachuted into Belgium, briefed to destroy a Nazi records office in Brussels and to spring prominent SOE agent Andrew from custody (...)
The records office was destroyed by agent Andrew, who subsequently is captured by the Germans.
Rating: 51
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