In Spain, during the summer of 1939, the soldiers of fortune who came to fight the Civil War from all over the world are all but gone. Among the few who remain is American daredevil flyer Tom Martin, languishing in a prison cell while awaiting execution. On the morning that he is to face a firing squad, Tom is unexpectedly granted a pardon, which was won by the entreaties of a woman posing as his wife. When the prison governor learns that Tom’s wife is really an ambitious reporter named Augusta “Gusto” Nash and has perpetrated the ruse for the sake of a story, he sends the troops after them. After a narrow escape, the pair land in Paris. In the City of Lights, Tom launches a campaign to win Gusto’s heart, but Gusto, determined to become a serious reporter, resists his advances. When she is on the verge of capitulation, Gusto is appointed the Berlin correspondent, but Tom pursues her and whisks her from the Berlin-bound train. As Hitler invades Poland, Tom and Gusto spend a few idyllic days in a country village until war disrupts their tranquility. Gusto convinces Tom to return to the safety of America with her, and they book passage on the ill-fated Athenia . When the ship is torpedoed by a German submarine, the icy waters of the Atlantic reawaken the fighting spirit in both Tom and Gusto, and after they are rescued, he joins the RAF while she leaves him to become a celebrated war correspondent. At the fall of Paris, Tom, disabled by a fractured arm, is reunited with Gusto, and the pair decide to return to America to exhort their countrymen to arise and defeat the Germans. More on Wikipedia or Mubi
Festival Film- Awards & Festivals
Academy Awards, 1941- Winner: Best Writing, Original Story, 3 nominations including: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
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