Background to Danger (1943)

Directors

Raoul Walsh

Cast

George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre

The story

In 1942, Nazi Germany attempts to bring neutral Turkey into the war on its side by staging an assassination attempt on Franz von Papen, its ambassador to the country. Much to the annoyance of Colonel Robinson (Sydney Greenstreet), von Papen survives and the Russians that his agent provocateur was trying to frame have solid alibis, forcing him to turn to another scheme to inflame Turkey's traditional rivalry with Russia. American machinery salesman, Joe Barton, (George Raft) boards the Baghdad–Istanbul Express train at Aleppo and is attracted to another passenger, Ana Remzi (Osa Massen).

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