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Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane on the outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know who to turn to. Read more

Starring	Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Hillary Brooke
Director	Fritz Lang
Genres	Drama

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- Forget the phony studio settings and the script's hesitancies in adapting Graham Greene's novel about a spy hunt in... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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- - 5
  - 0
  Film noir masterclass
  
  A simplified but still gripping reworking of one of Graham Greene's Entertainments, in which Ray Milland's Stephen Neale emerges from an asylum into a ... read more »
  
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  - Squizz
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  - Lancaster
  - 16 May 2007 at 12:30
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  Hitchcock lite but gritty
  
  An ex-con gets caught up in a spy ring with blondes and double dealing. All done at a fairly brisk pace.
  
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- - itstinks
  - 550 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 14 Dec 2009 at 20:17
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  Another gripping Lang noir film
  
  A considerable number of Lang's low budget American films are available on dvd and they are all worth watching half a century or more later. This may not be... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
  - 546 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Jun 2009 at 16:21
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  Ministry of Fear
  
  Very unusual film and quite a good thriller. But the ending is very strange - it just finishes abruptly. Jumps from one scene to the immediate ending as if ... read more »
  
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- - stumpymuffin
  - 49 reviews
  - Ramsgate
  - 06 May 2009 at 08:17
- - 1
  - 0
  Ministry of Fear
  
  Ray Milland doing what he does best. Very atmospheric and a real 'noir'.
  
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  - Stranraer
  - 04 Mar 2009 at 09:42
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  Great Film
  
  Brilliant cast, great script beautiful direction. The film is dated and the controlled, hyper real look of the sets seems slightly odd now. But this film is ... read more »
  
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  - Cardiff
  - 21 Jan 2009 at 17:41
- - 0
  - 1
  Creaky bore
  
  Ray Milland is the best thing about this odd German-spies-in-Britain movie. The film is disjointed and seems to suffer from either bad direction or poor editing... read more »
  
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  - Barry, Wales
  - 22 Nov 2008 at 13:47
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  Great plot- bit heavy on the editing
  
  As the previous reviewers said this film is slightly let down by some fairly major editing- making it just 83 mins long.
  
  Howeer this doesn't stop... read more »
  
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- - Swayzaur
  - 26 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 30 Aug 2008 at 01:46
- - 0
  - 0
  The cutting edge?
  
  I was expecting rather more, it being a Fritz Lang film. Ray Milland was good but it looked as if there had been a good deal of cutting; I rather lost the plot... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - Misterbob
  - 4 reviews
  - Hoxne
  - 29 Jul 2008 at 14:58
- - 5
  - 0
  Film noir masterclass
  
  A simplified but still gripping reworking of one of Graham Greene's Entertainments, in which Ray Milland's Stephen Neale emerges from an asylum into a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 440620
- - Squizz
  - 43 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 16 May 2007 at 12:30
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 5
  - 0
  Film noir masterclass
  
  A simplified but still gripping reworking of one of Graham Greene's Entertainments, in which Ray Milland's Stephen Neale emerges from an asylum into a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 440620
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Squizz
  - 43 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 16 May 2007 at 12:30
- - 1
  - 0
  Great plot- bit heavy on the editing
  
  As the previous reviewers said this film is slightly let down by some fairly major editing- making it just 83 mins long.
  
  Howeer this doesn't stop... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 621342
- - Swayzaur
  - 26 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 30 Aug 2008 at 01:46
- - 1
  - 0
  Ministry of Fear
  
  Ray Milland doing what he does best. Very atmospheric and a real 'noir'.
  
  Report this review
- 719874
- - a customer
  - Stranraer
  - 04 Mar 2009 at 09:42
- - 1
  - 0
  Hitchcock lite but gritty
  
  An ex-con gets caught up in a spy ring with blondes and double dealing. All done at a fairly brisk pace.
  
  Report this review
- 839825
- - itstinks
  - 550 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 14 Dec 2009 at 20:17
- - 0
  - 0
  The cutting edge?
  
  I was expecting rather more, it being a Fritz Lang film. Ray Milland was good but it looked as if there had been a good deal of cutting; I rather lost the plot... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 605104
- - Misterbob
  - 4 reviews
  - Hoxne
  - 29 Jul 2008 at 14:58
- - 0
  - 0
  Great Film
  
  Brilliant cast, great script beautiful direction. The film is dated and the controlled, hyper real look of the sets seems slightly odd now. But this film is ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 692577
- - a customer
  - Cardiff
  - 21 Jan 2009 at 17:41
- - 0
  - 0
  Ministry of Fear
  
  Very unusual film and quite a good thriller. But the ending is very strange - it just finishes abruptly. Jumps from one scene to the immediate ending as if ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 753045
- - stumpymuffin
  - 49 reviews
  - Ramsgate
  - 06 May 2009 at 08:17
- - 0
  - 0
  Another gripping Lang noir film
  
  A considerable number of Lang's low budget American films are available on dvd and they are all worth watching half a century or more later. This may not be... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 766280
- - Zamy
  - 546 reviews
  - London
  - 04 Jun 2009 at 16:21
- - 0
  - 1
  Creaky bore
  
  Ray Milland is the best thing about this odd German-spies-in-Britain movie. The film is disjointed and seems to suffer from either bad direction or poor editing... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 662793
- - a customer
  - Barry, Wales
  - 22 Nov 2008 at 13:47

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  Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane on the outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know who to turn to....