Given the cast, it's hard to see how this yarn could be the result. The central problem with the plot is that the 'based-on-a-true-story' context is fascinating but the drama and jeopardy entailed is not, despite the best efforts of the booming score to suggest otherwise. Nazi generals have sent their girls to a British finishing school. With war looming, they want them back. Should they stay or should they go now?
As soon as you figure out that none of this matters, then settle back and enjoy entirely different entertainment: spot the "39 Steps" rehashes; play 'she/he/they would never have done that' bingo; and imitate the meaningful glances that characters give each other if they're not looking entirely and implausibly clueless.
Alternatively, invest your one hour thirty or so minutes in the company of Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll - seldom, if ever, bettered.
As soon as you figure out that none of this matters, then settle back and enjoy entirely different entertainment: spot the "39 Steps" rehashes; play 'she/he/they would never have done that' bingo; and imitate the meaningful glances that characters give each other if they're not looking entirely and implausibly clueless.
Alternatively, invest your one hour thirty or so minutes in the company of Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll - seldom, if ever, bettered.
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