

"On her lonesome lips a smile."
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.
Director: Herman Shumlin
Writers: Dashiell Hammett

Bette Davis
Sara Müller

Paul Lukas
Kurt Müller

Geraldine Fitzgerald
Marthe de Brancovis

Lucile Watson
Fanny Farrelly

Beulah Bondi
Anise

George Coulouris
Teck de Brancovis

Donald Woods
David Farrelly

Henry Daniell
Phili Von Ramme

Eric Roberts
Bodo

Donald Buka
Joshua

Anthony Caruso
Italian Man

Helmut Dantine
Young Man

Clyde Fillmore
Sam Chandler

Erwin Kalser
Dr. Klauber

Kurt Katch
Herr Blecher

Clarence Muse
Horace

Frank H. Wilson
Joseph

Janis Wilson
Babette

Mary Young
Mrs. Mellie Sewell

Rudolph Anders
Oberdorff