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First Edition. A key Ambler title, basis for the 1942 film directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Rio, and Agnes Moorehead. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Owner name on front endpaper. Jacket is bright, with light rubbing at the spine ends and a few pinpoints on the extremities.

This thrilling story is set during World War II and centers around an engineer's attempts to evade assassination while returning to England.