Fritz Lang directed this film based on a Graham Greene novel that stars Ray Milland as Stephen Neale, who has just been released from an asylum after two years for the mercy-killing of his terminally ill wife. It is London during WWII, and Stephen stops at a country fête where he correctly guesses the weight of a cake, but after a misunderstanding with a "fortune teller", finds himself mixed up with a spy ring that leads to the fête organizers, one of whom(a beautiful woman played by Marjorie Reynolds) falls in love with Stephen, and helps him evade both the police and enemy agents to uncover the truth. Atmospheric and exciting film may defy credibility at times, but interesting characters and setting make all the difference.
Review of Ministry of Fear
