In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael Morrison arrives in Athens, intending to depart for London the following day. While there he is tricked into smuggling a list of resistance leaders out of the country and is pursued by the Germans.

• Raymond Productions
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Robert Mitchum
• Stanley Baker
• Elisabeth Müller
• Gia Scala
• Theodore Bikel
• Sebastian Cabot
• Peter Illing
• Marius Goring