When British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes attacks visiting German politician Dieter Krause, solicitor's clerk Joshua Mantle is called to help unravel the events which led to the assault.
We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems.
Arthur, un joven abogado, es enviado a una pequeña localidad de la costa inglesa para preparar los tramites de la venta de una casa, cuya propietaria acaba de fallecer. El joven asiste al entierro de la mujer junto a un colega. Es entonces cuando percibe la presencia de una misteriosa mujer vestida de negro que no deja de observarle.
Al Pacino es Tom Dobb, un pobre e inculto trampero intentando sacar adelante a su hijo cuando la rebelión estalla en Nueva York. El pequeño bote de Dobb es requisado para suministros de guerra, mientras él y su hijo son reclutados de mala gana. Deberán pasar seis meses y ver el trato vil de los británicos para que el conflicto y la causa americana se convierta en algo personal para Dobb.
When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the government, and finds himself fitted up, suspended and under the scrutiny of Special Branch.
