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On her lonesome lips a smile.

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.

Director

Herman Shumlin

Writer

Dashiell Hammett

Released

August 27, 1943

Language

English