Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns this woman is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of England. In reality, however, the "countess" is an English agent working to thwart this invasion. When Gilliatt finds this out, he returns to France to rescue the woman who's true purpose has been discovered by the French.
Yvonne De Carlo
as Droucette
Rock Hudson
as Gilliatt
Maxwell Reed
as Rantaine
Denis O'Dea
as Lethierry
Michael Goodliffe
as Ragan
Bryan Forbes
as Willie
Jacques Brunius
as Fouche
Ivor Barnard
as Benson
Arthur Wontner
as Baron de Baudrec
Gérard Oury
as Napoleon
Larry Taylor
as Blasquito
Keith Pyott
as General Latour
