SET IN ANKARA IN 1944, FIVE FINGERS RELATED THE AUTHENTIC TALE OF VALET JAMES MASON (TO THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR) AND HIS SECRET EXISTENCE, SELLING OUT ALLIED WAR PLANS TO THE NAZIS. INSPIRING MASON IS EXTRAVAGANT COUNTESS DANIELLE DARRIEUX WHO EVENTUALLY BETRAYS MASON. AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE AGENT MICHAEL RENNIE IS ON THE HUNT FOR MASON, WITH THE INSIGHT OF HIS HISTORY AND CONTACTS. DIRECTOR JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ COMMANDS THEV PICTURE WITH AN EYE ON THE DISPOSABLE MORALITY OF WAR, OFFERING VIEWERS A MEMORABLE AND DYNAMIC VIEW OF THE DALIESQUE AND DREAM-LIKE TURKISH LOCATIONS.THERE ARE SOME IRONIC TWISTS TO THE STORY: THE NAZI HIGH COMMAND OFTEN DISMISSED THE AUTHENTICITY OF MASON'S MICROFILMED DOCUMENTS, AND HAVING SHADOWED TO BRAZIL, THERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MASON HAVING BEEN COMPENSATED BY THE GERMANS WITH COIUNTERFEIT FUNDS. MASON OFFERS A COMPLEX PERFORMANCE AS THE TREACHEROUS VALET. DARRIEUX CAPTURES THE ELUSIVE QUALITY OF THE COUNTESS AND RENNIE SUITABLY PROJECTS THE INTREPID MYSTIQUE REQUIRED AS THE ALLIED AGENT ASSIGNED TO THE CASE. BASED ON OPERATION CICERO BY L.C. MOYZISCH, FIVE FINGERS GENERATED A 1956 TELEFEATURE, OPERATION CICERO, AND A LATER TELEVISION SERIES STARRING FUTURE 007 VETERANS DAVID HEDISON AND LUCIANNA PALUZZI, IN LIVE AND LET DIE AND THUNDERBALL, RESPECTIVELY.