The Conspirators (DVD)

Negulesco and noir - a heady brew. Jean Negulesco proved his stunning noir debut the Mask of Dimitrio's was no fluke by following up with an astonishing run of film noir classics, starting with the war noir intrigue and romance of the Conspirators. Hedy Lamarr (The Heavenly Body) headlines a cast of Casablanca veterans (Paul Henreid and "The Masters of Mystery," Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre) as the mysterious Irene Von Mohr, whose secrets lie at the heart of wartime Lisbon's underworld and underground. After committing an act of sabotage against the Nazis, Vincent Van Der Lyn (Henreid) escapes from the Netherlands to neutral Portugal, where he enlists in the underground resistance under the leadership of Ricardo Quintanilla (Greenstreet). Tasked by Quitanilla with uncovering a traitor, Vincent soon finds himself being fitted for a frame while falling for the secretive Irene. And the Nazis are closing in...

Starring: Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, Edward Ciannelli, Kurt Katch, Gregory Gaye, Louis Mercier, David Hoffman, Edward Van Sloan, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joseph Calleia, Carol Thurston, Vladimir Sokoloff, Steven Geray, Jean Jacques du Bois, Doris Lloyd, Phil Van Zandt, John Arnold, William Edmunds, Serge Krizman, Trudy Glassford, Juan Varro, Michael Gastone, Hal Kelly, Rod De Medici, Jack Chefe, Eddie Abdo, John Bleifer, George Sorel, Frederick Brunn, Adrian Droeshout, Roger Neury, Jacques Lory, Tony Paton, Oscar Loraine, Christine Gordon, Marguerita Sylva, Isabelle LaMal, Walter Bonn, Paul Regas, Veronica Pataky, Alexander Sacha, Billy Roy, Sonya Yarr, Carla Boehm, Leon Belasco, Alphonse Martel, Frank Reicher, Tony Caruso, Pedro Regas, Nick Thompson, Ludwig Hardt, Paul De Corday, Robert Tafur, Manuel Lopez, Crane Whitley, Martin Garralaga, Carl Neubert, Dick Botiller, Jay Novello, Monte Blue, Neyle Marx, Ed Hyans, Harro Meller, Fred Nurney, Arno Frey, Beal Wong, Luis Alberni, Saul Gorss, Art Miles, Robert Barron, John Mylong, Otto Reichow, George Macready, Carmel Myers, Rafael Storm, Emil Rameau, Leon Lenoir, Erno Verebes, Charles Haefli, Louise Lane, Peggy Watts, Kenner Kemp, Buddy Sullivan, John Marlin, Myna Cunard, Carlos Albert, Manuel Paris, Antone Northpole, Jock Watt, Joaquin Elizondo, Michael Smith, Hans Moebus, Gordon Harrison, Nita Pike, Curt Furberg, Maurice Brierre, Paul Power, Alex Akimoff, Brooks Benedict, Alex Tamaroff, Eugene Beday, Ross Gould, John Moss, Sid D'Albrook, Sayre Dearing, Gordon Dumont, Oscar Gould, Larry Arnold, Tony Carson, Clinton Carey, Nick Borgani, Eumenio Blanco, Fred Godoy, Paul Bradley, Raoul Freeman, Tom Tamarez, Paul Ravel, Jack Santoro, Harry Semels, Gertrude Keeler, Fred Fisher, Leonid Snegoff, Trevor Bardette

Director: Jack Chertok

Rating: NR