“I married you to destroy you!”
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.
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Merle Oberon
Nicole Larsen
Known for
Wuthering Heights
The Lodger
Brian Aherne
Capt. Allan Lowell
Known for
I Confess
Sylvia Scarlett
Carl Esmond
Maj. Paul Dichter
Known for
Ministry of Fear
Lola Montès
Isobel Elsom
Rose Lindstrom
Known for
My Fair Lady
Monsieur Verdoux
Fritz Leiber
Dr. Aanrud
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Erville Alderson
Soren
Known for
The Scarlet Empress
The Bishop's Wife
Erik Rolf
Ole
Known for
Song of the South
Reinhold Schünzel
Col. Kurt von Elser
Known for
Notorious
The 3 Penny Opera
Richard Ryen
Dr. Hoff
Also in
The Cross of Lorraine
The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler
Lewis Wilson
Dr. Kleinich
Known for
Batman
Fern Emmett
Dress Designer (uncredited) / Dress designer
Known for
The Shepherd of the Hills
Byron Foulger
Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
They Live by Night
Dorothy Arzner Director · Lewis Meltzer Screenplay Melvin Levy Screenplay
United States release July 29, 1943 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
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United States
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English
Release dates
United States · July 29, 1943
Theatrical
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