Journey Into Fear (1943)

Plot:  Before Pearl Harbor, Nazi agents try to kill an American Armaments Expert (Cotton) on board a ship bound for Batum from Istanbul.
Stars: Joseph Cotton,  Orson Welles,  Everett Sloan, Agnes Moorehead, Delores Del Rio 

Journey into Fear is a low-budget thriller that's been overpraised because it involves Orson Welles and his Mercury Players.  Its extremely short (68 minutes) and well acted, but the casting borders on the ridiculous. Welles is some sort of Turkish Policeman, Sloan is "Kopekin"  and Del Rio is Trukish nightclub singer.  Everyone uses an unidentifiable foreign accent. The best performance comes from Jack Moss -Welles' business manager - as the fat killer.  Welles didn't direct, but the famous pre-credit opening and final duel on a hotel ledge were his idea. Note: Why the boat is traveling to the USSR (Batum) or why the NKVD would let a Turkish Policeman engage in gun battle on Soviet soil, is never explained. Summary: An imaginative, interesting little thriller with a few great scenes.