Verboten!

is a 1959 American romantic war drama film written, produced and directed by Samuel Fuller and starring James Best, Susan Cummings, Tom Pittman, and Harold Daye.

Near the end of World War II in Europe, American Sergeant David Brent loses two men and is himself wounded while hunting down and killing a sniper in an unnamed German city.

Because American soldiers are verboten (forbidden) to fraternize with German women, he resigns from the Army and goes to work as a civilian administrator in the Food Office of the Military Government.

She breaks the news to him that his parents were killed by Allied bombing and his girlfriend committed suicide because she mistakenly believed the Russians were coming.

What neither Helga nor David know is that Bruno is a member of Werwolf, a Nazi underground organization bent on regaining control of Germany, beginning with sabotage and sneak attacks.

When a food shipment is hijacked by Werwolf, the German civilians blame the Americans and demonstrate in front of the building where David works.

After a Werwolf member bitterly protests against the theft of medicine intended for the German people, Bruno stabs him to death.

In 1954 the Los Angeles Times reported that Terry Moore wanted to star in the film for Fuller with Howard Hughes to produce.

"[8] The New York Times called it "a fast, unpretentious melodrama... that may lack subtlety but conveys a sharp, uncluttered impression of contemporary European attitudes towards Americans.

In his short review for the Chicago Reader, Dave Kehr referred to the film as "sleazy masterwork," describing it as "sweaty, claustrophobic, occasionally frenzied, and often brilliant.