This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
Secret People is a 1952 British drama film directed by Thorold Dickinson and produced by Sidney Cole for Ealing Studios, with screenplay by Thorold Dickinson and Wolfgang Wilhelm, acknowledgement to Joyce Cary and additional dialogue by Christianna Brand. It stars Valentina Cortese, Serge Reggiani and Audrey Hepburn. The film provided Audrey Hepburn with her first significant film role.