American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

Step into the shadowy world of espionage,  spies, assassinations, and double-crosses with Alfred Hitchcock’s pulse-pounding adventure set on the eve of World War II. When an eager American journalist (Joel McCrea) is sent to Europe to cover the looming threat of war, what begins as a routine assignment quickly plunges him into a deadly conspiracy and intrigue. As he races to expose the truth, he must navigate perilous encounters and unravel a plot that could change the course of history.

Widely recognized as one of Hitchcock’s finest movies of the 1940s, the film boasts breathless pacing and some of the director’s most suspenseful and stunning set pieces. Catch this one to see Hitch at the top of his game. -TORONTO FILM SOCIETY