Quiet please! The enemy maybe listening! It's December 7th 1941, and at a big social event, it is announced that Pearl Harbor has just been attacked. Flighty Virginia Bruce says so everybody around her can hear her that she wouldn't mind becoming a spy like Greta Garbo, really meaning Mata Hari. She comes home to find portly Aubrey Mather waiting for her, offering her exactly that chance.
However the subject of her spying is her sparring partner boyfriend, James Ellison, and Bruce is unaware that Mather has his own secret agenda. When Bruce's sister Sheila Ryan disappears, she realizes that she's in over her head, and involves Ellison and helping to get her out of this jam which leads him headlong into danger as well.
There were many espionage dramas of this nature made during World War II, and while this one may not be one of the most realistic, it certainly is entertaining. Bruce's character isn't exactly the brightest bulb among female spies, and she comes out of it learning that you don't always are qualified to get the offers that are given to you. Mather's character was obviously influenced by Sydney Greenstreet who had just scored a big success in "The Maltese Falcon".
The film mixes Espionage drama with verbal comedy, and one funny sequence has Bruce dealing with a paddle boat wheel. Still, it's a mixed bag that has some amusing moments but the characterization of Bruce as a dingbat is a bit off putting, with her potentially doing more harm than good.
However the subject of her spying is her sparring partner boyfriend, James Ellison, and Bruce is unaware that Mather has his own secret agenda. When Bruce's sister Sheila Ryan disappears, she realizes that she's in over her head, and involves Ellison and helping to get her out of this jam which leads him headlong into danger as well.
There were many espionage dramas of this nature made during World War II, and while this one may not be one of the most realistic, it certainly is entertaining. Bruce's character isn't exactly the brightest bulb among female spies, and she comes out of it learning that you don't always are qualified to get the offers that are given to you. Mather's character was obviously influenced by Sydney Greenstreet who had just scored a big success in "The Maltese Falcon".
The film mixes Espionage drama with verbal comedy, and one funny sequence has Bruce dealing with a paddle boat wheel. Still, it's a mixed bag that has some amusing moments but the characterization of Bruce as a dingbat is a bit off putting, with her potentially doing more harm than good.