Stylishly shot wartime thriller by Hitchcock. Cummings is a competent charismatic lead and well supported by Lane as his more sceptical foil.At its heart, it's a chase movie - but one with a few interesting encounters along the way. It's interesting to see that it's society's misfits and excluded who tend to end up believing our hero's story first, while the bad guys are all members of the elite.
The climatic scenes atop the Statue of Liberty are still rather vertigo inducing - especially given the unusual choice to dump the overwrought soundtrack.
Verdict: Thriller with a touch of social commentary.
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