The records office is successfully destroyed and Jacques, another SOE agent working undercover as a Belgian Fascist Quisling, manages to get word to Fr Elliott on Andrew's prison arrangements.

Their attempt to spring him from jail is foiled by an untimely RAF bombing raid, however, and Scotty begins suffering from toothache due to his damp hideout in a church crypt.

The remaining agents then manage to hijack the train taking Andrew to Germany, evade the Germans pursuing them and finally get him safely on a night-flight back to Britain.

Against the Wind performed only modestly at the box-office and received a mixed critical reception, with reviews ranging from the favourable ("This little film about a batch of saboteurs in wartime Belgium is...tense and artistic.

")[4] A frequent criticism levelled at the film was that the early scene-setting section was somewhat jerky in style, with sketchy attempts to provide back-stories for the main protagonists leaving many viewers rather confused as to what exactly was going on.