A slow-burning but interesting espionage mystery. Philip Chance (
John Justin) is tasked to write the biography of a test pilot, Martin Techman. Techman died recently in a plane crash, by coincidence Philip meets the pilot's sister Helen Teckman (
Margaret Leighton) on his flight to London. Soon after he begins his task, strange things start to occur. He is offered a lucrative job in Berlin by the somewhat mysterious Mr Rice (
Meier Tzeiniker), then Martin's old friend Garvin (
George Coulouris) turns up dead in Philip's apartment...
The mystery deepens as Philip meets Martin's wife Ruth (Jane Wenham). The police (Roland Culver) are also very interested in Philip and Techman. Things come to a head when Philip discovers that Martin is alive after all!
A well-layered mystery with a number of surprises and twists. The film is modest but well formed, Philip's character has the light chippy nature of a Golden Age amateur detective. Indeed this often feels like one of those interwar dramas.
