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An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.
Theatrical
Feb 12, 1943
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RKO Radio Pictures, Mercury Productions
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See all →Mystery and Suspense in the Middle East
Taglines
Welles and Del Rio together! as Terror Man vs. Leopard Woman—for possession of a mysterious stranger in the powder-keg Middle East...a man with a military secret worth more than his love and his life!...It's menace melodrama thrilled with mighty mystery and suspense...SEE IT!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Nature of War Explained
Colonel Haki
You can cable her when you stop at Trabzon. "C'est la guerre.
Howard Graham
What?
Colonel Haki
War is war.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
Joseph Cotten
Howard Graham
D
Dolores del Río
Josette Martel
R
Ruth Warrick
Mrs. Stephanie Graham
A
Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Mathews
O
Orson Welles
Colonel Haki
E
Everett Sloane
Kopeikin
J
Jack Durant
Gogo Martel
E
Eustace Wyatt
Prof Haller - German archeologist
F
Frank Readick
Matthews - Cockney socialist
E
Edgar Barrier
Kuvetli - tobacco salesman
J
Jack Moss
Peter Banat - obese gunman
S
Stefan Schnabel
Translator for ships captain
H
Hans Conried
Swami magician
R
Richard Bennett
Ship's Captain
