is a 1940 American drama film directed by Charles Vidor and based on a novel by the same name written by Howard Spring.

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by John DuCasse Schulze.

[1] Edward Small bought the film rights to the book for $50,000[2] and believed that the story could provide an ideal vehicle for his new star Louis Hayward.

[3] Lenore Coffee, who wrote the script, said that Small "was a rather ignorant man, but he had inklings and hunches ...

"[4] Production of the film was temporarily halted with the outbreak of World War II.