Betrayed (1954 film)

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Betrayed
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Gottfried Reinhardt
Written by	Ronald Millar George Froeschel
Starring	Clark Gable Lana Turner Victor Mature
Music by	Walter Goehr Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Editing by	John D. Dunning Raymond Poulton
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	1954
Running time	108 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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Betrayed is a 1954 war drama film made by MGM. It was directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, from a screenplay by Ronald Millar and George Froeschel. The music score was by Walter Goehr and Bronislau Kaper, the cinematography by Freddie Young.

The film stars Lana Turner, Victor Mature and Clark Gable with Louis Calhern, O. E. Hasse, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ian Carmichael, Niall MacGinnis and Theodore Bikel.

[edit] Plot summary

Betrayed is an espionage thriller set in the Dutch resistance movement during World War II.

Dutch intelligence agent Pieter Deventer (Clark Gable) is ordered to keep his eyes on suspected quisling Fran Sailors (Lana Turner). Both Deventer and Sailors join the Dutch underground, making contact with a flamboyant resistance leader known as "The Scarf" (Victor Mature).

As 'Carla Van Oven' Sailors is responsible to gain the confidence of lascivious Nazi officers using her female charms. Within the next few weeks, several underground operatives are captured and shot, and it begins to look as though Deventer's suspicions concerning Miss Sailors are correct. The real collaborator is revealed some twenty minutes before the end. Nonetheless the movie keeps up a high level of suspense until that later point.