Based on a story by Graham Greene. Bramley End, snug and safe, seemed far away from the perils of World War II. Little did the villagers suspect the grim events that would arrive at their doorsteps. Surprised by the lorry loads of Royal Engineers that rolled onto their village green, they had no reason to believe that these soldiers were disguised German paratroopers, and even less reason to be suspicious of Oliver Wilsford (Leslie Banks), their trusted town squire.
DIRECTED BY ALBERTO CAVALCANTI
UNITED KINGDOM | 1942 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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