Q Planes is a spy comedy, treating a top-secret invention the British were testing just prior to World War II and what they had to do to keep the invention and information about it out of enemy hands. In the US, it is also known as Clouds Over Europe. It is more spy than comedy, but it has a comedic element. Starring Ralph Richardson, Lawrence Olivier, and Valerie Hobson.
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