Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and
Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city into Free French territory. The screenplay was based on the true wartime activities of Etta Shiber, who engineered the escape of nearly 300 Allied pilots. British fans of comedienne
Gracie Fields were put off by the scenes in which she is tortured by the Gestapo, while
Constance Bennett's following had been rapidly dwindling since the 1930s; as a result, the heartfelt but tiresome Paris Underground failed to make a dent at the box-office. It would be
Constance Bennett's last starring film--and
Gracie Fields' last film, period. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide