with the help toward the end of a sympathetic waitress (Signe Hasso), Heisler regains his faith in humanity. He escapes via boat to an unknown destination that he identifies as "probably Holland." Cast Spencer Tracy as George Heisler Signe Hasso as Toni Hume Cronyn as Paul Roeder Jessica Tandy as Liesel Roeder Agnes Moorehead as Madame Marelli Herbert Rudley as Franz Marnet Felix Bressart as Poldi Schlamm Ray Collins as Ernst Wallau / narrator Alexander Granach as Zillich Katherine Locke as Frau Hedy Sauer George Macready as Bruno Sauer Paul Guilfoyle as Fiedler Stephen Geray as Dr. Loewenstein Kurt Katch as Leo Hermann Kaaren Verne as Leni Konstantin Shayne as Fuellgrabe, a writer George Suzanne as Bellani, an acrobat John Wengraf as Overkamp George Zucco as Fahrenburg Steven Muller as Hellwig Eily Malyon as Fraulein Bachmann Lisa Golm as Frau Hinkel James Dime as a prisoner in a concentration camp Production Anna Seghers, the author of the novel from which this movie was adapted, was a Communist, and Wallau and Heisler were Communists in the book. In Helen Deutsch's script, their political affiliation is not given. The political thrust of the film is thus about the anti-Fascist German resistance. Refugees from Nazi Germany played many small roles, with the small uncredited bit part of a janitor played by Helene Weigel, the prominent German actress and wife of Bertolt Brecht. Hugh Beaumont has an uncredited role as a truck driver. MGM publicity played up the fleeting romantic element between Tracy's character and that of the Swedish actress, Signe Hasso, with the tagline: "The revealing novel of a hunted man's search for love!" Box office According to MGM records, the film earned $2,082,000 in the US and Canada and $1,489,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $1,021,000. Award Hume Cronyn received an Academy Award nomination as Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Paul Roeder. References External links 1944 films American black-and-white films American drama films Films scored by Roy Webb Films directed by Fred Zinnemann Films based on German novels Films about the German Resistance Films set in 1936 Films set in Germany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1944 drama films 1940s American films 1940s English-language films