Background To Danger.

In 1942, Nazi Germany attempts to bring neutral Turkey into the war on its side by staging an assassination attempt on its own ambassador to the country. Meanwhile, American machinery salesman Joe Barton (George Raft) boards the Baghdad-Istanbul Express train at Aleppo and is attracted to another passenger, Ana Remzi (Osa Massen). She is worried about being searched by customs agents once they reach the Turkish border; she asks Joe to hold on to an envelope containing some securities, all that remains of her inheritance. When they stop in Ankara, he goes to her hotel to return her property, only to find she has been