A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to assist Allied POWs in digging escape tunnels.
Cast
Brian Aherne
Col. Duncan Grant
George Merritt
Ulrich Muller
C.M. Hallard
Commander-in-Chief
Frederick Lloyd
Col. Jervois
B. Gregory
Flight Commander Mayne
Mary Jerrold
Frau Muller
Madeleine Carroll
Rosa Hartmann
Clifford Heatherley
Proprietor
Austin Trevor
Captain of Military Police
Norah Howard
Lady of the Town
Cameron Carr
Otto Cedern
Milton Rosmer
President of Court Martial
Alfred Drayton
Prosecutor
Charles Paton
Defence Counsel
Wilhelm König
Prison Commandant
Crew
Victor Saville
Director, Writer, Producer
Miles Malleson
Writer
Frank Launder
Writer
Graham Seton
Novel
Maclean Rogers
Editor
Freddie Young
Director of Photography
Werner Brandes
Director of Photography
René Guissart
Director of Photography
Marjorie Gaffney
Assistant Director
D.F. Scanlon
Sound Recordist
John Reynders
Original Music Composer
Hugh Gee
Art Direction
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