During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence Service. He has to kill a German agent. During the mission he meets a fake general first and then Elsa Carrington who helps him in his duty.
Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
| John Gielgud | … | Ashenden | |
| Peter Lorre | … | The General | |
| Madeleine Carroll | … | Elsa | |
| Robert Young | … | Marvin | |
| Percy Marmont | … | Caypor | |
| Florence Kahn | … | Mrs. Caypor | |
| Charles Carson | … | ‘R’ | |
| Lilli Palmer | … | Lilli |