- Title: F-A5534
- Summary: FOREIGN INTRIGUE: SPY DRAMA SET IN EUROPE DURING THE COLD WAR. WITH: JAMES DALY. THE STORY OF REFUGEES TRYING TO ESCAPE IRON CURTAIN COUNTRY. BORDER GUARD WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG PATROLS BARBED WIRE BORDER. WARNING SIGN. NEWSPAPER REPORTED BRIEFED. CU SNAPS COAT BUTTON IN HALF. UNDERGROUND RAILROAD OF COMMUNIST COUNTRY. KNOCKS ON DOOR OF DRESS SHOP. ASKS SEAMSTRESS TO SEW BUTTON ON COAT. WOMAN LEAVING APARTMENT WITH SUSPICIOUS LOOK. WOMAN PLACES PIECES OF BROKEN BUTTON TOGETHER. ASKS FOR PASSPORT AND ALL PAPERS. PASSPORT HIDDEN IN DRESSMAKER'S DUMMY. AMERICAN POSES AS GERMAN REFUGEE. BRIEFED ON THEIR ESCAPE. HELPS WOMAN ON WITH BACKPACK. CU WRISTWATCH. MAN RUSHES TO WOMAN AND TELLS HER THAT THERE IS A SPY IN THE GROUP. FERRY BOAT PASSES. PEOPLE ON BOARD BOAT DECK. WOMAN WITH STARTLED LOOK. DEAD WOMAN WITH KNIFE IN HIS BACK. WOMAN WITH LOOK OF DISGUST. PUTS WOMAN'S BODY IN TRUNK. WRAPS KNIFE IN COAT. HIDING BODY. SAFE HOUSE. MEETING PLACE. WOMAN LOOKS AT PEOPLE SUSPICIOUSLY. WOMAN PANICS TAKES FOOD OUT OF PACK. RIPS LOAF OF BREAD. CUTS CHEESE WITH KNIFE. TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO THE SPY IS. HIKING IN WOODS. STOP AT FARM HOUSE. PUNCHES SLEEPING IN HAY. MAN CREEPS AWAY. INFORMANT. GIVES MAN GUN. RUNNING THROUGH WOODS. OPENS SECRET COMPARTMENT IN HEEL OF SHOE. TAKE SOUL IDENTIFICATION PAPERS. SHOOTS MAN IN HAND.
- Description:01:00:03 - BORDER, ARMED GUARD WITH DOG (GERMAN SHEPHERD) WALKS ALONG BARBED WIRE FENCE, WARNING SIGN 01:00:17 - MAN IS INTERVIEWED BY FOREIGN MAN, SMOKES PIPE, SPY, 1950S OFFICE, READY FOR A MISSION, PLAN IS OUTLINED, SPY IS GIVEN AN ADDRESS, MAN BREAKS BUTTON ON HIS SUIT, HELPING REFUGEES, MEN SHAKE HANDS 01:02:58 - MAN KNOCKS ON DOOR MARKED "MODES", OPENS DOOR 01:03:06 - SEAMSTRESS IS MEASURING HEM ON DRESS, EMBARRASED GIRL RUNS INTO OTHER ROOM 01:03:12 - MS OF MAN IN OVERCOAT AT THE DOOR, CUT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN, CONVERSATION ABOUT REPAIRING BUTTON 01:03:24 - MAN AND WOMAN TALK, MS, MAN TAKES OFF HIS COAT AND WOMAN SEWS ON BUTTON, YOUNG WOMAN LEAVES WITH BACKWARDS GLANCE 01:03:58 - MS OF AMERICAN MAN 01:04:02 - FRENCH SEAMSTRESS, DRESS MAKER SITS IN FRONT OF SEWING MACHINE AND SEWS ON BUTTON 01:04:15 - DRESSMAKER HOLDS BOTH HALVES OF THE SAME BROKEN BUTTON, CU OF HANDS 01:04:20 - CONVERSATION, CUT BETWEEN MS OF MAN AND WOMAN, OUTLINE OF PLAN FOR SPY 01:04:40 - AMERICAN MAN AND FRENCH SEAMSTRESS MEET IN APARTMENT, MAN CHANGES CLOTHES, SHE ASKS FOR HIS PASSPORT AND HIDES IN IN DRESSMAKER'S DUMMY, SHE WISHES HIM LUCK AND THEY SHAKE HANDS 01:05:32 - FRENCH WOMAN GIVES ORDERS TO REFUGEES ON THE ESCAPE PLAN IN A BASEMENT, WOMAN REFUGEE PUTS ON BACKPACK 01:06:45 - CU OF WATCH ON WRIST 01:06:48 - MAN AND WOMAN TALK ABOUT THE ESCAPE ROUTES AND THEIR SUCCESS, THEY GET READY TO LEAVE WHEN A MAN RUSHES DOWN THE STAIRS AND TELLS THEM ONE OF THE GROUP IS A SPY, BRAVE WOMAN REFUSES TO GO INTO HIDING, THEY LEAVE 01:08:32 - FERRY BOAT LEAVES HARBOR 01:08:38 - WOMAN ON BOAT DECK ASKS MAN FOR A LIGHT, THEY TALK, SHE TELLS HIM ONE OF THE GROUP IS A SECRET POLICE OFFICER 01:09:41 - AMERICAN SPY TELLS FRENCH LEADER THE MESSAGE, PEOPLE PASS ON THE BOAT DECKS 01:10:03 - COUPLE ENTER LOWER CABIN ON BOAT, THEY ARE SHOCKED TO FIND WOMAN WITH KNIFE IN HER BACK. MURDER VICTIM 01:10:18 - BORDER PATROL WITH GERMAN SHEPHERD 01:10:29 - COUPLE DISCUSS WHAT TO DO WITH THE BODY, CUT TO WOMAN WITH LOOK OF DISGUST 01:10:56 - MAN PICKS UP DEAD FEMALE AND PLACES HER IN A TRUNK, MAN WRAPS KNIFE IN COAT, HIDING BODY AND EVIDENCE 01:11:29 - CUT BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN TALKING ABOUT WALKING INTO A TRAP 01:12:04 - COUPLE WITH BACKPACKS ENTER EUROPEAN STYLE HOUSE, EXT 01:12:11 - COUPLE MEETS OTHER REFUGEES IN TIMBERED BUILDING, INT, BREAK THE BAD NEWS ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED 01:12:42 - WOMAN LEADER WALKS SLOWLY THROUGH GROUP LOOKING WITH SUSPICION, CAMERA ZOOMS IN AND FOLLOWS HER 01:13:18 - OLDER WOMAN REFUGEE REACTS, BLONDE TRIES TO FLEES, LEADER GRABS HER 01:13:30 - ANGRY YOUNG MAN WITH CRAZED LOOK STANDS UP 01:13:42 - VARIOUS MS OF GROUP, LEADER PLANS TO GO AHEAD WITH PLAN 01:14:13 - LEADER TELLS EVERYONE TO EAT, THEY LOOK FOR FOOD IN KNAPSACKS, AMERICAN TAKES BREAD OUT OF BACKPACK AND RIPS IT IN TWO, HANDS IT TO HER, HE TAKES OUT A KNIFE AND CUTS SOME CHEESE, HE SHARES THE FOOD, THEY TALK ABOUT THE RISKS 01:17:06 - MEN AND WOMEN HIKING IN THE WOODS WITH KNAPSACKS AND BED ROLLS 01:17:39 - HIKERS APPROACH A FARM HOUSE, EUROPEAN, CHICKENS AND HAY 01:17:54 - MAN FILLS PIPE, HIKERS/REFUGEES REST IN THE HAY 01:18:26 - TWO MEN EXIT LARGE BARN WITH STALL DOORS, THEY WALK TOWARDS CAMERA, BARN YARD, AMERICAN PUNCHES MAN 01:19:01 - INT OF FARM HOUSE, ANGRY MAN RUSHES OUT 01:19:11 - COUPLE FIND MAN WHO WAS PUNCHES, HOLDS HIS JAW, ACCUSES THE AMERICAN OF BEING THE SPY, THEY PLOT 01:19:45 - BARN INT WITH HAY, HORSE AND WAGON WHEELS, REFUGEES ENTER AND REST IN HAY 01:20:43 - CU OF WOMAN SLEEPING IN HAY 01:20:51 - PAN OF BARN, MAN CREEPS AWAY SILENTLY, SNEAKY, AMERICAN JUMPS OUT OF HAY LOFT, LEADER GIVES HIM A GUN AND THEY FOLLOW THE SNEAK, CAMERA PANS OVER PEOPLE SLEEPING IN HAY 01:22:11 - CHASE THROUGH THE WOODS AND COUNTRYSIDE, DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS 01:22:53 - SPY LOOKS OVER HIS SHOULDER AND SLOWS DOWN, SITS ON ROCK AND OPENS SECRET COMPARTMENT IN HEEL OF SHOE, TAKES OUT IDENTIFICATION PAPERS, CUT TO CU OF SHOE 01:23:32 - CU OF BODY WITH HAND HOLDING GUN, TILT UP TO AMERICAN 01:23:41 - COUPLE APPROACH SPY 01:23:52 - MS AMERICAN MAN, CUT TO MS OF SPY, SPY REACHES IN HIS POCKET AND PULLS OUT GUN, GETS SHOT IN HAND 01:24:06 - FEMALE LEADER SAYS, "IDENTIFICATION, SECRET POLICE" 01:24:10 - CU OF SPY, SURPRISE TWIST, THEY ALREADY CROSSED THE BORDER, CUT TO SMUG AMERICAN 01:24:45 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-A5534