In a riveting performance, John Garfield portrays Kit, a fear-haunted veteran of the Spanish Civil War who returns to the US after being tortured by Gestapo captors who wanted to know where he'd hidden the captured battle flag of one of the elite Nazi regiments that fought with Franco.
Back in the States, Dr. Skaas (Slezak), a German agent, attempts to drive Kit insane so that he will reveal the hiding place of the banner. A bevy of beautiful women try to worm the information from the half-mad Kit, including Toni Donne (O'Hara), who lures Kit to a house filled with Nazi agents.
Maureen O'Hara is miscast here as a femme fatale, but the limping Walter Sleza...
Released:
1943
Rated:
NR
Length:
94 mins