Passport to Destiny (1944)
1h 5m | PG-13
An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Director: Ray McCarey
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
Genre: Comedy, War
Video: 720p
Cast
Elsa Lanchester
as Ella Muggins
Gordon Oliver
as Capt. Franz von Weber
Lenore Aubert
as Grete Neumann
Lionel Royce
as Sturmfuehrer Karl Dietrich
Fritz Feld
as Chief Janitor
Lloyd Corrigan
as Prof. Frederick Walthers
Reviews
This is a charming little yarn showcasing Elsa Lanchester on her own for a change. She is a British cleaning woman ("Mrs. Muggins") who, in possession of her late husband's "lucky" glass eye, sets off from a bombed London to get herself a job as a cleaner in Hitler's own Chancellory and to assassinate him. It's all a bit far fetched, but has some fun touches - the photo of her late husband is Charles Laughton; she washes the windows then wipes her hands on the Nazi flag - and in general, as the deaf and dumb "Frau Müller", she runs rings around the German military elite. Rarely seen nowadays, but certainly worth a watch.