US Release date: 3 September 1948
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 11 March 1950
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Running time: 82 minutes (Colour)
Director: John Reinhardt
Cast: Gene Raymond, Sigrid Gurie & Patricia Morison
Australian Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Lyceum Theatre for one week from 3 February 1950 with Criminal Court as support.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 11-W-1
Rankings
| Rank | ||
| EF Points | 96 | 211 |
| EF PPE | 2.04 | 259 |
| Metres Travelled | 442,802 | 195 |
| Average MT | 9,421 | 323 |
| Engagements | 47 | 144 |
| Slots | 50 | 195 |
| Weeks | 3 | 214 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 6.38% | 246 |
| Saturdays | 17 | 143 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 36.17% | 180 |
| Tuesdays | 27 | 39 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 57.45% | 62 |
| First billed | 13 | 169 |
| Second billed | 34 | 101 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts Ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 45 |
| Ratio | 95.74% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.38% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 2 |
| Ratio | 4.26% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.13% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -2.24% |
| Hoyts eng | 32 |
| Ratio | 68.09% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.31% |
| Independent eng | 5 |
| Ratio | 10.64% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.86% |
| Suburban eng | 10 |
| Ratio | 21.28% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.44% |
Notes: Cold war thriller stayed close to the CBD and didn’t crack the 100 EF point barrier. Mostly used on Tuesdays, it divided its time between supporting Key Largo and taking some top-bilings over Elizabeth of Ladymead (mostly on Tuesdays for the latter film).
Sofia engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 11/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 11/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Fitzroy | Regent | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Richmond | Cinema | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 1 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 1 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| St.Kilda | Memorial | Hoyts | 11/3/50 | 1 | W | 1 | Badger’s Gree |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 18/3/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Brunswick | Padua | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 18/3/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 18/3/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 2 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Key Largo |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 18/3/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Footscray | Trocadero | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Key Largo |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| North Fitzroy | Palace | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 4 | T | 1 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Key Largo |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 4 | T | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| North Melbourne | Loco | Independent | 8/4/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Elizabeth of Ladymead |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Key Largo |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 22/4/50 | 7 | T | 2 | The Glass Mountain |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 22/4/50 | 7 | T | 2 | Britannia Mews |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 6/5/50 | 9 | T | 2 | Out of the Blue |
| Box Hill | Rialto | Suburban | 20/5/50 | 11 | T | 2 | The Passionate Friends |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 27/5/50 | 12 | S | 2 | Slattery’s Hurricane |
The 1950 Project 