Capsule Synopsis

When Holland falls to the Nazis. Dutch spy chief Col. Pieter Deventer (CLARK GABLE) escapes with the help of a guerilla band and its leader, a man known only as The Scarf (VICTOR MATURE). Smuggled to England, Deventer is assigned the espionage training of Dutch girl Carla Van Oven (LANA TURNER), and falls in love with her. Posing as a German collaborator, Carla is para­chuted into Holland to become liason between the British and the Scarf. The Scarf's sensational destruction of German installations turns to a tragic reverse with appalling losses of Dutch lives. Realizing that treachery is responsible, Deventer finds himself suspecting Carla, and confronts her with his suspicions. She, in turn, ac­cuses the Scarf of luring his own countrymen to their deaths. When the Scarf is captured by the Germans, Deventer is sure that Carla is lying. Wanting to have no doubt as to the traitor, he sets a trap. With the fate of hundreds of men dependent on the outcome, Deventer wails for the be­trayer. Will it be Carla or the Scarf? Directed by Gottfried Reinhardt； Screen Play by Ronald Millar and Georg Froeschel ; Music Composed and Conducted by Walteh Goehr;