On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.
Dashiell Hammett | Screenplay |
Lillian Hellman | Theatre Play |
Herman Shumlin | Director |
Julia Heron | Set Decoration |
Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Richard Maybery | Assistant Director |
Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
Merritt B. Gerstad | Director of Photography |
Dolph Thomas | Sound |
Hal Mohr | Director of Photography |