John Gielgud has the licence to kill in this W.W.I spy saga, but he blunders big time. Hitchcock meets Maugham, and though the parts don't hang together to make a satisfying whole, at least the parts are good. Script adapt . James Mason and Valerie Hobson are mixed up in espionage in Turkey. Dennis Wheatley's original novel was called The Eunuch of Stamboul, but some words don't look good on cinema posters.
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Valentina Cortesa and Audrey Hepburn are sisters exiled in London in 1937. They get caught up in a bomb plot. This film never worked in the 50s and it's just embarrassing now. Script adapt . The Boulting Brothers are better known today for their comedies but this thriller shows they can produce tension as well as laughs.