Synopsis
Diplomatic courier Captain Stanley Wells (Von Stroheim) hopscotches around the hot spots of Europe on a variety of mysterious missions. While Captain Wells has all the fun, his American actress-wife Helen Wells (Mireille Balin) is tired of being left home alone. Bored out of her gourd, Helen inaugurates an affair with actor Pierre Deschamps (Roger Duchesne), awakening Wells to his responsibilities at home.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (20)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Milo-Film
- French distribution : Compagnie Française Cinématographique (CFC)
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producers : Hermann Millakowsky, Samuel Epstein
- Adaptation : André-Paul Antoine
- Dialogue Writer : André-Paul Antoine
- Director of Photography : Nicolas Hayer
- Assistant Director : Robert Bibal
- Editor : Marguerite Beaugé
- Sound Recordist : Igor B. Kalinowski
- Assistant Operator : Christian Gaveau
- Camera Operator : Pierre Méré
- Production Manager : Eugène Bernstein
- Production Designers : Robert Gys, James Allan
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Adventure
- Themes : Espionage
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1939
- French release : 15/06/1939
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 1180
- Visa issue date : 31/08/1943
- Approval :
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono