An independent Parisian woman's passion and patriotism are aroused by an encounter with an American airman on the run from marauding Nazi forces. Second World War romantic drama, starring John Wayne, Joan Crawford, Philip Dorn, Reginald Owen and John Carradine.

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.