

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
May 11, 1936


Dead Women Tell No Tales Was The Motto of This Charming Lady Killer!
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.

Elsa Carrington

Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie

The General

Robert Marvin

Caypor
Mrs. Caypor

"R"

Lilli
Man (uncredited)

Man (uncredited)

Colonel Anderson (uncredited)

Manager (uncredited)
Released
May 11, 1936