Betrayed (1954)

Director:

Gottfried Reinhardt

Writers:

Ronald Millar (writer) and
George Froeschel (writer)

Release Date:

7 September 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Thriller | War

Tagline:

Great story of love and war!

Plot:

Carla Van Oven becomes an allied spy in Holland during WW2, although she is suspected of having cooperated with and taken help from the Nazis...

Plot Keywords:

Spy | WWII | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Clark Gable	...	Col. Pieter Deventer
Lana Turner	...	Carla Van Oven
Victor Mature	...	'The Scarf'
Louis Calhern	...	Gen. Ten Eyck
O.E. Hasse	...	Col. Helmuth Dietrich
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	Gen. Charles Larraby (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
Ian Carmichael	...	Capt. Jackie Lawson
Niall MacGinnis	...	Blackie
Nora Swinburne	...	The Scarf's Mother
Roland Culver	...	Gen. Warsleigh
Leslie Weston	...	Pop
Christopher Rhodes	...	Chris
Lily Kann	...	Jan's Grandmother (as Lilly Kann)
Brian Smith	...	Jan
Anton Diffring	...	Capt. Von Stanger

Also Known As:

The True and the Brave (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (certificate #16946) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Clark Gable's last picture under his MGM contract. He first signed with the studio in 1930 (he'd first appeared at the studio as an extra in The Merry Widow (1925)). By the 1950's his box office was spotty and MGM found it difficult to justify his $500,000 per year salary. Gable too was anxious to enter into far more lucrative percentage deals and would do so exclusively for the remaining 6 years of his life.

Goofs:

Continuity: In his opening narration, Gen. Ted Eyck (Louis Calhern) states that "This is spring, nineteen hundred and forty-three." A few moments later, however, Gen. Larraby rides up to his office and when a soldier says to him, "Lovely day, isn't it?" he replies, "Yes it is, and October too." (And a day or so later, the German radio announces it will execute Dutch hostages the next day, October 21.)

Soundtrack:

Johnny Come Home

GABLE, TURNER AND MATURE ARE GREAT IN THIS FILM!

Recently viewed this film and enjoyed seeing actors like Victor Mature("I Wake Up Screaming" '41); Clark Gable("Gone With the Wind") and Lana Turner("Imitation of Life" '59) and Louis Calhern("The Asphalt Jungle '50). This film kept you on the edge of your seat, always wondering if Lana Turner was a counter-spy for the Germans or the Dutch people during WW II. There was lots of action blowing up Nazi installations, and the struggles that the Dutch people had with the German occupation of their country. All these actors showed their mature age over the years,(Age is a great GIFT) however, Clark Gable, Victor Mature and Lana Turner never lost their charms for making very warm romantic scenes without having to take their clothes off! Try to catch this film on TV, you will enjoy seeing Classic film actors really at work.