Dr Roger Mell (Ray Milland), a physician and headmaster of a boarding school, is having an affair with the beautiful Sonja (Sylva Koscina), a married woman. He arranges to have the husband murdered, but is mortified to find out that the hitman killed the husband by blowing up a plane on take-off killing 140 people. In …

这是发生在第二次世界战争中的喜剧影片，电影讲述了一个小偷和一个警察在纳粹占领时期，冒充一名元帅，为当地抵抗组织和犹太人提供帮助的故事。