1943 Paramount Pictures

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, 1943. Vintage keybook photograph from the 1944 film, showing actress Marjorie Reynolds frozen in the shadow of a giant swastika.

Based on Graham Greene’s 1943 novel. While en route to London after being released from a mental institution, a man is accidentally caught up in a nefarious Nazi scheme, and finds himself pursued by German secret agents.

Set in England.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, lightly toned at the edges, with two punch holes along the left edge.

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael de Soto

November 1944 issue

better image than previously posted

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