Roger Livesey has developed a new super-charger for airplanes and his boss hopes for a contract with the RAF. When Livesey finds that someone has been rifling his files, he tells spymaster Felix Aylmar, who knows about everything. He already has a spy of his own on site. In the meantime, his test pilot, Barry Barnes, is carrying on an affair with Livesey's wife, Joan Marion. Plot complications pop up, including a blackmailer in this top-of-the-line potboiler.
It's not just that director David MacDonald has topnotch actors in front of the camera, including Basil Radford. Cinematographer Bryan Langley keeps the camera moving, and collaborates with editor David Lean to produce an exciting first three minutes of the movie. There's nothing here that is particularly novel, but it's all put together in a brilliant manner.
It's not just that director David MacDonald has topnotch actors in front of the camera, including Basil Radford. Cinematographer Bryan Langley keeps the camera moving, and collaborates with editor David Lean to produce an exciting first three minutes of the movie. There's nothing here that is particularly novel, but it's all put together in a brilliant manner.