During the second world war, two British officers, Brand and Leith, who have never seen combat, are assigned a vital mission. Their relationship and the operation are complicated by the arrival of Brand's wife, who had a tryst with Leith years earlier.

• Robert Laffont Productions
• Transcontinental Films
• Richard Burton
• Curd Jürgens
• Ruth Roman
• Christopher Lee
• Raymond Pellegrin
• Anthony Bushell
• Alfred Burke
• Ramón de Larrocha