British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans

• RKO Radio Pictures
• Imperadio Pictures Ltd.
• Anna Neagle
• Edna May Oliver
• George Sanders
• May Robson
• Zasu Pitts
• H.B. Warner
• Sophie Stewart
• Mary Howard