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On her lonesome lips a smile.
- Director: Herman Shumlin
- Writer: Dashiell Hammett
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Runtime: 1 h 54 m
- Country: United States of America
- Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.