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- BFI identifier41305
- Date1941-07-28 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- SynopsisA professor disguises his activities as an agent who rescues eminent men from the Nazis by a veneer of absentmindedness. His students help him rescue 5 men and a girl blackmailed by the Gestapo with the hope of rescuing her father. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe actor playing the character David Maxwell is credited as Hugh MacDermott in the opening credits, and Hugh McDermott in the closing credits.
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Leslie Howard
Presents: British National Films Limited
Produced by: Leslie Howard
view all - CastLeslie Howard (Professor Horatio Smith)
Francis Sullivan (General von Graum)
Hugh Macdermott (David Maxwell)
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Work - 41305 - 1941-07-28 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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