Margaret Emden

'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)

With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seeks refuge in France. But on reaching the frontier, the band is disarmed, and all are detained as political prisoners. Then come instructions from Vichy that all fit prisoners are to be sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans. However, one man manages to escape to London with vital information for the Allies.

An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him. They are pursued both by Quilp and by the shop-keeper's long-lost brother, who wants to find them for a different reason.

A jeweler is targeted by confidence tricksters pretending to be connected with the exiled Russian Royal Family. He manages to turn the tables on them and after collecting the reward for their arrest, uses they money to buy some silver bracelets for his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, un armateur hollandais tombe sous le contrôle des allemands qui lui demandent de bâtir des sous-marins. Alors qu'il leur fait croire à son entière collaboration, il transmet des plans aux alliés et prépare le détournement du nouveau U-110 vers l'Angleterre...