In 1939, Thorndyke, a famous British beast hunter, managed to infiltrate closer to Adolf Hitler’s Berghof. Seeing the German chancellor on a terrace, he shoulders his rifle and simulates a shot. It is then that he is surprised by a guard and captured. Questioned by a Nazi officer, Thorndyke explains that he acted by challenge, for the pleasure of hunting, and not to actually murder Hitler. Seeing an opportunity to compromise the British authorities, the officer offered to sign a confession. If he admits to acting on orders from his government, then he will be released. Faced with his refusal, the Nazi decides to organize a mock suicide, so that his disappearance does not arouse suspicion. But Thorndyke manages to escape and then leave Germany…