Lt. Hanley has been captured and is taken to an ancient castle that the Germans are using as a POW camp. On his arrival he tells the other POW Officers that he can pinpoint a German ball bearing factory and they decide to help him escape by providing him with a fake Albanian uniform for his escape effort. To get back though he must cross Germany and occupied France. Hanley is lowered from a window by the other prisoners and manages to swim downstream away from the castle. On reaching the rail head he uses fake papers he has been provide with to purchase a rail ticket. While at a break in the journey Hanley is accused by a pair of Hitler Youth and an Officer takes him prisoner. The Officer is actually a British spy named Thorne [Lloyd Bochner] who helps him get away and travels with him towards the Allied Lines. While lunching at a French Café they are approached by a real Albanian Officer and have to make a run for it. While making their get away they are accosted by a Gestapo Officer who manages to wound Thorne after they manage to break away from him. Thorne hides in a warehouse where he is found by Hanley only to both be located by the Gestapo Officer who is then stabbed to death by his French Mistress. Thorne then dies in Hanley's arms after which Hanley makes his escape.
—Stevo15