Two Thousand Women

Rosemary Brown, an English novice nun, is mistaken for a fifth columnist by French soldiers and faces a firing squad. The Germans arrive and relocate her to a grand hotel in Marneville that has been turned into an internment camp. She is transported there in the back of a lorry with journalist Freda, stripper Bridie, and Muriel and Miss Meredith.

The grand hotel becomes a makeshift camp, and Rosemary is among internees including Maud, Margaret, Nellie, Mrs Burtshaw, and Teresa King. The women settle into rooms and begin the uneasy routine of confinement.

Bridie uses her charm with Sergeant Hentzner to obtain a room for herself, breaking the two-to-a-room policy. Her success creates tensions and separates her from other inmates.

The hotel is luxurious but water is scarce, and proprietor Monsieur Boper is suspected of collaborating with the Germans. The atmosphere grows tense as rumors swirl about loyalty and control.

The women receive a radio from an unknown source, but the German guards confiscate it. A rumor begins about a stool pigeon among those who knew about the radio, nicknamed Poison Ivy.

Nellie reports that the German file on Rosemary exists, heightening suspicion that she is a fifth columnist. Freda and Maud doubt the accusation, and Rosemary further reveals that she is a nun.

During a night-time RAF air raid, Freda deliberately breaks the blackout and a plane crashes nearby. Pilot Jimmy Moore, Sergeant Alec Harvey, and Dave Kennedy seek refuge in the hotel, and the women hide them while keeping this from Teresa King, who is revealed to be a Nazi spy.

Alec recognises Rosemary as Mary Maugham, a singer whose boyfriend murdered his wife; she explains how she became a nun. Jimmy and Rosemary begin to fall for each other, as do Dave and Bridie. Later, Hentzner finds Dave, who quietly strangles him and hides the body.

The women devise a plan to help the men escape during a concert they will stage. To keep the Germans occupied, Freda arranges for Bridie to perform last, maximizing the chance of a successful breakout.

Bridie overhears Dave's insulting view of her from their earlier exchanges and slips Teresa a note betraying all. Freda has Dave write an apology professing his love for Bridie, which she delivers to Bridie as part of the ruse.

Teresa confronts Bridie, winning a fight and alerting Frau Holweg to the plan. Maud knocks Holweg out, attempting to stall the authorities.

With Monsieur Boper's help, the airmen escape from the hotel while the women hold off the guards. The group defies the danger and sings There'll Always Be an England to mark their courage.