Ministry of Fear (1945)

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7.2	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Fritz Lang

Starring (View all)

Ray Milland
Stephen Neale

Marjorie Reynolds
Carla Hilfe

Carl Esmond
Willi Hilfe

Hillary Brooke
Mrs. Bellane #2

Percy Waram
Inspector Prentice

Dan Duryea
Cost / Travers the Tailor

Alan Napier
Dr. JM Forrester

Erskine Sanford
George Rennit

Written by

Seton I. Miller
(screenplay)

Graham Greene
(novel)

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10 years, 5 months ago at Dec 8 0:40

fernando

Minor Lang because its whimsical plot, but with nice touches, when good Milland confronts its justified paranoia. The nightmarish plot turning patriotic war effort is predcitable but can´t expect anything else for a 1944 film.

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Description: Suffused with dread and paranoia, this Fritz Lang adaptation of a novel by Graham Greene is a plunge into the eerie shadows of a world turned upside down by war. En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale (Ray Milland) stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections. Lang was among the most illustrious of the European émigré filmmakers working in Hollywood during World War II, and Ministry of Fear is one of his finest American productions, an unpredictable thriller with style to spare. ~ Crit ... (more)

Release date: 5 February 1945

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