Ministry of Fear (1944)

Directed by

Fritz Lang

Genre

film noir, spy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 200 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man gets out of a mental institution and accidentally ends up with something Nazi spies need. He is chased and must figure out who to trust while staying alive.

tenseparanoidsuspensefulshadowyurgentclaustrophobicunsettling

What happens

Ministry of Fear is a 1944 American spy thriller film noir directed by Fritz Lang, and starring Ray Milland and Marjorie Reynolds. Based on the 1943 novel by Graham Greene, the film tells the story of a man just released from a mental asylum who finds himself caught up in an international spy ring and pursued by Nazi agents after inadvertently receiving something they want. The original music for the film was composed by Victor Young. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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