Haute trahison

Original title: High Treason

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A wave of sabotage has been sweeping England, taking lives and creating instability. Cmdr. Robert Brennan and Supt. Folland of the Special Branch and Major Elliott of MI5 are charged with pu... Read allA wave of sabotage has been sweeping England, taking lives and creating instability. Cmdr. Robert Brennan and Supt. Folland of the Special Branch and Major Elliott of MI5 are charged with putting an end to this internal terrorism.A wave of sabotage has been sweeping England, taking lives and creating instability. Cmdr. Robert Brennan and Supt. Folland of the Special Branch and Major Elliott of MI5 are charged with putting an end to this internal terrorism.

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6.7/10

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Trivia
When Kenneth Griffith climbs into the attic and uses the wireless, his Morse code is accurate. He sends out an SOS and calls "all large power stations."

Goofs
At the college, when the Post Office Telephones lorry drives off, the camera and crew are reflected in its side.

Quotes
Cmdr. Robert Brennan: We have a saying in Ireland that he who sees the dawn catches the herring.
Supt. Folland: There's a saying in China that he who goes to bed early to save candle light begets twins.

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Featured review

9/10

Surprisingly good!

The early 1950s saw a ton of anti-communism movies. In the US, such films tended to be sensationalistic and broad....but "High Treason" is different...and in good ways. Instead of being exciting and BIG, the film stresses realism...and it won me over as a result.

The film begins with a bombing. Someone or group of people has apparently been terrorizing Britain by blowing up various factories....but why? Well, it ends up being the work of a group of dedicated spies....and their plans for violence and terror have only just begun. Can the law catch up to them before it's too late?

It's interesting that no where in the film do they talk about communism nor the Soviet Union...never. Instead, they just focus on the investigative process and show, in a very realistic manner, how such an investigation might be conducted. As a result, the authorities are NOT geniuses with super-human abilities...just dedicated and crafty. This is THE reason I loved the film and recommend it to you.