In a small Uritanian country, King Jonathan Hale finds himself a prisoner of the Nazis, with a phony imitator broadcasting the urging for his people to submit to German will. It's another war propaganda action film, decently made, with John Carradine once again utilizing his severe demeanor to play a nasty Nazi. Columbia's newest leading man, Larry Parks (later accused of being a Communist sympathizer and unjustly blacklisted), plays the hero who dones a German officer's uniform and infiltrates the king's castle to try to get him out so he can expose the Nazis for their false claims of the king's willing participation.
This is an action packed, tense war drama, where Osa Massen plays the supposed traitor to her people, aiding Parks in his efforts but possibly playing double agent. This has many tense moments, especially after Parks is exposed, set out towards a giant mouse trap by the clever Carradine who has no qualms about killing his own men when they make a mistake. Of course, the Nazis are hissably evil and the nationalists tough, suspicious but determined, even with sacrifice. It's good entertainment and a reminder of how good vs. evil usually ends with evil cowering in cowardice.
This is an action packed, tense war drama, where Osa Massen plays the supposed traitor to her people, aiding Parks in his efforts but possibly playing double agent. This has many tense moments, especially after Parks is exposed, set out towards a giant mouse trap by the clever Carradine who has no qualms about killing his own men when they make a mistake. Of course, the Nazis are hissably evil and the nationalists tough, suspicious but determined, even with sacrifice. It's good entertainment and a reminder of how good vs. evil usually ends with evil cowering in cowardice.