In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strikes the prison, but is quickly re-captured by the inspector of the Surete responsible for his original arrest. Fearing the guillotine more than his actual death, the convict inveigles the inspector to help him with a plan to rescue 100 Frenchmen taken by the Gestapo following an act of sabotage: he will confess to being the saboteur and allow himself to be executed by firing squad, the Gestapo's method of execution, thus freeing the 100 men.
Errol Flynn | Jean Picard |
Paul Lukas | Inspector Marcel Bonet |
Lucile Watson | Mme. Maret |
Faye Emerson | Louise |
James Flavin | Captain of Mobile Guard |
Douglass Dumbrille | Police Commissioner LaFarge (as Douglas Dumbrille) |
Albert Van Antwerp | Vitrac, member of underground |
Dennis Hoey | Father Le Clerc |
Wallis Clark | Razeau, member of underground |
Sheldon Leonard | Henri Duval |
Victor Kilian | LaTour, member of underground |
Odette Myrtil | Mme. Bonet |