Hotel Reserve (1944)

Directed by

Victor Hanbury, Lance Comfort, Mutz Greenbaum

Genre

spy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An innocent man gets caught up in a spy ring on the French Riviera before World War Two. He must figure out who among the hotel guests is a traitor while trying to clear his own name.

suspensefultensemoodyintricateslow-pacedclassicwhodunit

What happens

Hotel Reserve is a 1944 British spy film starring James Mason as an innocent man caught up in pre-Second World War espionage. Other cast members include Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell and Herbert Lom. It was based on Eric Ambler's 1938 novel Epitaph for a Spy. Unusually, it was both directed and produced by a trio: Lance Comfort, Mutz Greenbaum and Victor Hanbury. It was shot at Denham Studios with sets designed by the art director William C. Andrews. The film was produced and distributed by the British branch of RKO Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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