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A wonderful British Drama about Liz Grainger, a young
middle-class English woman, who undergoes brutal interrogations as part of her
training for World War II intelligence work in occupied France. Liz wants to
work directly against the German enemy because of her anger at the recent death
in action of her brother. She meets another woman recruit, Matty, who is also in
training as a resistance agent. The organization that recruits for the United
Kingdom intelligence work is lead by the flamboyant and cosmopolitan Colonel
James Cadogan, "Cad." The primary aim of his organization is sabotage and
subversion, leading ultimately to France’s liberation from Germany. The first
wave of agents sent into occupied France are volunteers from the Armed Forces;
however, since their numbers have been reduced by German counter-intelligence,
replacements now are being recruited from among civilians. |
