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 World War 2, although she is suspected of having cooperated with the Germans in the past. Colonel Pieter Deventer of Dutch intelligence agrees that she may train to join a team in the resistance movement, led 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:

year 1943 | traitor | espionage | delft holland | dutch resistance | 

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Taglines:

Great story of love and war!

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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)

Gross USA:

$1,970,000

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,270,000

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

Clark Gable was considered too old to play a colonel in wartime.

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Goofs

When The Scarf is drawing a map near the end of the film, he uses his left hand and keeps his right hand at his side. However, in the closeup of the map his right hand is holding the paper down while his left hand draws it.

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Quotes

Col. Helmuth Dietrich: [to Deventer] You've got a brilliant mind, Colonel, but the best of minds will disintegrate without exercise.

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Soundtracks

Tales from the Vienna Woods
(uncredited)
Composed by Johann Strauss (as Johann Strauss)
Heard over German-controlled radio

User Reviews

What a plot.

As someone working on creative and interesting plotting, I saw this intrigue movie as outstanding. I had to stay and watch just to find out who the 2-way spy was: was it Turner, was it Mature, oh my could it be Clark? I had no problem with the directing; I thought the last scene with Turner looking at Gable, searching his face for signs of hate or love was good.

I had a problem with the one word title, although it was relevant; it did seem to point to one character as the good guy, so it was misleading if that was the intent. (I don't think this is a spoiler, let me know).

I was glad the movie was in color; usually I prefer black and white on the older movies, however, the scenery et all was great in color.