With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seeks refuge in France. But on reaching the frontier, the band is disarmed, and all are detained as political prisoners. Then come instructions from Vichy that all fit prisoners are to be sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans. However, one man manages to escape to London with vital information for the Allies.
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Adolf Wohlbrück Margaretta Scott Mary Morris Reginald Tate Peter Sinclair David Horne Hartley Power Sybille Binder Charles Victor Joseph Almas John McLaren Dennis Arundell André Randall Carl Jaffe Orlando Martins Paul Demel David Baxter Margaret Emden Jan Van Loewen Paul Sheridan Gwen Bateman Henry Morrell Stuart Lindsell Roger Snowdon Harold Berens Glyn Rowland Marie Ault Paul Bonifas Robert Arden Harold Lang
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