A manor house in the Scottish countryside is host to a batty inventor, his assistant, a downed Spitfire pilot, a beautiful nurse, a strange bald man, an undercover cop and a refugee from the blitz. One of them is a Nazi spy with an evil plan involving kidnap and theft, but who...?
Great example of a propaganda adventure starring some of the cream of British cinema. John Mills is our dashing pilot, the almost dashing Michael Wilding is the assistant and there is a brilliantly funny turn from South African actress Jeanne De Casalis as the lady of the house. The incredible Alistair Sim is the odd bald man and the wonderful, and sadly slightly forgotten Leslie Banks is the professor.
Banks was an outstanding actor and director. Badly injured in the First World War he had extensive scarring down one side of his face, scarring he would use as part of his method. When playing good or romantic he would give the uninjured side to the camera, when playing crazy or evil he would present the scar.
George Cole, who plays the young evacuee and can still be seen in British TV and film today, made his debut here at the age of 16.
This has everything you want from his type of movie and, without spoiling anything, the baddie's death scene at the end is both shocking and one of the few times, if not the only time, you'll see this particular actor die.
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