Ministry of Fear
1944 · Movie · PG · 86 min · ★ 6.9 · 76% critics
Released from psychiatric care into wartime England, a troubled man heading back to London is pulled into a strange chain of events after winning a cake at a village fête. Soon he is caught between enemy spies, suspicion, and his own uncertain trust in the people around him.
Also known as Graham Greene's Ministry of Fear
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Details
- Years
- 1944
- Release date
- 1944-05-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (200 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like old-school paranoia thrillers with a dreamlike wartime mood, especially if Somewhere in the Night or Man Hunt work for you; Not for you if you dislike implausible plotting or slower 1940s pacing.
Pros: tense wartime intrigue; eerie atmosphere; memorable set pieces | Cons: plot gets convoluted; far-fetched turns; weaker final stretch
Themes
- spy
- film noir
- black and white
- nazi spy
- mental asylum
- nazi fascism in britain
- nazi spy ring
Cast & crew
Ray Milland
as Stephen Neale
Marjorie Reynolds
as Carla Hilfe
Carl Esmond
as Willi Hilfe
Hillary Brooke
as Mrs. Bellane #2
Percy Waram
as Inspector Prentice
Dan Duryea
as Cost/Travers the Tailor
Alan Napier
as Dr. JM Forrester
Erskine Sanford
as George Rennit
Harry Allen
as Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
Frank Baker
as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Directed by Fritz Lang