Journey into Fear (1943)
- Directed by
- Norman Foster, Orson Welles
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, spy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 103 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American engineer on a business trip finds himself targeted by assassins. He must flee across borders during World War Two to escape the threat.
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What happens
Journey into Fear is a 1943 American spy film noir directed by Norman Foster, based on the 1940 British novel of the same name by Eric Ambler. The film adaptation broadly follows the plot of the book, but the protagonist was changed to an American engineer. The destination of his journey was changed from France to the Soviet Union—reflecting the changes in the war situation since the original Ambler book was written. (France was occupied by German troops, and the US and Soviet Union had joined the war and become allies). The RKO Pictures release stars Joseph Cotten, who co-wrote the screenplay with Orson Welles. The Mercury Production was also produced by Welles, again uncredited. In 2005, an alternate cut was shown at a Welles film retrospective at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. It was the original European release print, lacking the narration and ending of the US version but including about six minutes of footage deleted by RKO Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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