The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
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Bernard Lee William Sylvester Margaret Tyzack David Kossoff Nancy Nevinson Thorley Walters Gillian Lewis Newton Blick Philip Latham Cyril Chamberlain Justine Lord Patrick Barr Derek Francis Hector Ross Paul Eddington Richard Marner Geoffrey Palmer Bryan Pringle Andre Mikhelson Garry Marsh Basil Dignam Brian Nissen Edwin Apps Fred Griffiths Anita West
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