The actors in the Polish troupe had to prevent Prof.Alexander Siletsky (Stanley Ridges), a traitorous imposter and Nazi spy sent from England, from delivering names of Resistance family members (of Polish airmen in the RAF) to the Gestapo.Ramius then had the doctor and cook""s assistant Igor Loginov (Tomas Arana) witness him removing the dead officer""s missile key, granting himself sole power to arm the missiles.Wilbur) was thrown off the top of the cab.She deliberately attempted to run him down, and his body was sent flying through the air into a fence.Laughton""s extensive make-up ook 2 1/2 hours each day to apply.Laughton had also appeared in another Victor Hugo film adaptation,Les Miserables (1935).A Tale of Two Cities (1935), another Hugo-based film adaptation, closely rivaled this 1939 classic.The historical costume adventure-drama (with a love quadrangle of sorts) also contained an element of horror - in the character of the deformed bellringer, although the real ""monster"" in the movie was the manipulative, treacherous, scheming and villainous Chief Justice (Jean Frollo), who was possessed by crazed homicidal urges stemming from unrequited love.