With Europe heading towards war, the newspapers are keen to trace a well known arms manufacturing tycoon. For reasons, a newspaper decides to send a cheeky mystery novelist along for the job instead of an actual reporter! Kenneth Stevens (Edmund Lowe) does also happen to be a violin virtuoso though which could be handy as the tycoon Kronsky (Paul Lukas) is a big music lover.
Also after a scoop is Patrica Booth (Madge Evans) who steals her boss's passport when he refuses to send her on this assignment (one wonders just how serious these newspapers were to find out about Kronsky). This proves to be a life saver for Ken when he loses his own passport so he can pose as Patrica's husband. A complication comes when an assassin tries to kill Kronksy, naturally Ken and Patricia get the blame and have to go on the run in Switzerland...
This is a fine film, well paced (though does slow down a bit later on) and with plenty of atmosphere which sometimes is at odds with the light feel to the performances and dialogue (but in a good way). The scenes aboard the train are the best part of the film, though considering it was supposed to be a train pounding on through ther night its remarkably smooth and quiet aboard!
