Betrayed (1954)

A Dutch intelligence officer recruits an allied woman to act as liaison with dashing Resistance leader 'The Scarf' for a British attack on Arnhem.

Director:

Gottfried Reinhardt

Writers:

Ronald Millar (screenplay), George Froeschel (screenplay)

Stars:

Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Clark Gable	...	Col. Pieter Deventer
Lana Turner	...	Carla Van Oven
Victor Mature	...	'The Scarf'
Louis Calhern	...	Gen. Ten Eyck
O.E. Hasse	...	Col. Helmuth Dietrich
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	Gen. Charles Larraby (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
Ian Carmichael	...	Capt. Jackie Lawson
Niall MacGinnis	...	Blackie
Nora Swinburne	...	The Scarf's Mother
Roland Culver	...	Gen. Warsleigh
Leslie Weston	...	Pop
Christopher Rhodes	...	Chris
Lily Kann	...	Jan's Grandmother (as Lilly Kann)
Brian Smith	...	Jan
Anton Diffring	...	Capt. Von Stanger

Storyline

Carla Van Oven becomes an allied spy for the British intelligence in The Netherlands during WW2, although she is suspected of having cooperated with the Nazis in the past. Colonel Pieter Deventer of Dutch Intelligence agrees that she may train to join a team in the resistance movement, lead by resistance leader The Scarf. The team starts to suffer heavy losses after she has joined them. Is she a traitor?

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Plot Keywords:

nazi | traitor | spy | checkpoint | year 1943 | 

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Taglines:

The Secret Three meet...one is the betrayer and two the betrayed!

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Genres:

Drama | History | Romance | Thriller | War

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 1954 (USA)

Also Known As:

The True and the Brave

Filming Locations:

Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

$1,674,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Gregory Peck was originally slated for the lead part, with Richard Widmark (borrowed from Twentieth Century-Fox) and Ava Gardner co-starring.

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Goofs

When Victor Mature's stuntman climbs up onto the balcony of German headquarters, the knot on his trademark scarf is pointed to the left, but in the subsequent closeup of Mature himself the scarf's knot is pointed to the right.

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Quotes

'The Scarf': [to Carla as they arrive on the farm and get out of the truck] Home at last! Beautiful isn't it? And this is my charming brother Chris.
[to Chris]
'The Scarf': Hey, Chris, put the bucket down and say hello to something you've never seen in your entire stupid life - a lady! Well, say something, Chris!
[to Carla]
'The Scarf': Great talker, this brother of mine - he always was!
Chris: [Dryly] I thought maybe you'd come back to do a job of work for a change.
'The Scarf': [Sarcastically] Work, Chris? What is that?

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Soundtracks

"Bless 'Em All' ("
The Long, and the Short, and the Tall") (uncredited)
Composed by Fred Godfrey (1917)
Sung by British soldiers retreating out of Arnhem

User Reviews

So This Was Why Market-Garden Failed?

Clark Gable and Lana Turner made their fourth and final film together in Betrayed which also was Gable's final film for MGM where he reigned as king for 24 years. Also along for the ride in this World War II story is Victor Mature.

Gable is a member of the Dutch army in exile which is part of the overall allied army that will shortly be invading cross channel. Turner is an agent that he has recruited of whose loyalties he has some qualms about and Mature is a reckless Dutch resistance leader.

One of these three is a traitor, a person responsible for several failed missions of the resistance. Even more important the traitor leaked information to the Germans about Field Marshal Montgomery's Operation Market Garden which got the British Army hung up in Arnhem. Who could it be?

For a more accurate picture of that operation, I would strongly urge you to watch A Bridge Too Far. In that film you will see none of the events or characters that are shown in Betrayed.

This was Gable's last film at MGM, Dore Schary was cutting loose from a lot of the stalwart contract players that kept Leo the Lion on top of the heap for 20 years. Gable looks like he's just going through the motions and the cast follows suit.

Turner is somewhat interesting as the femme fatale of ambiguous loyalties. Mature looks as bored as Gable, though he does try to invest his part with some of that heavy lidded beefcake charm he was known for.

Not the best work for any of the stars involved.