Ministry of Fear
| Ministry of Fear | |
|---|---|
| File:Ministryoffear.jpg VHS cover of Ministry of Fear | |
| Directed by | Fritz Lang |
| Written by | Graham Greene (novel) Seton I. Miller (screenplay) |
| Starring | Ray Milland Marjorie Reynolds Carl Esmond Hillary Brooke |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | October 16, 1944 (U.S. release) |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
Ministry of Fear is a 1944 film noir directed by Fritz Lang based on the novel The Ministry of Fear 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 in London during the Blitz. After guessing the weight of a cake at a fair, he is pursued by foreign agents and incriminated for murder. The original music for the film was composed by Miklós Rózsa and Victor Young.
Reaction
Judd Blaise, writing for Allmovie, states "While it does not reach the same level of timeless classic as Carol Reed's adaptation of Greene's The Third Man four years later, Ministry of Fear stands as a well-made, thoroughly gripping and intelligent example of film noir."[1]
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ray Milland | Stephen Neale |
| Marjorie Reynolds | Carla Hilfe |
| Carl Esmond | Willi Hilfe/Mr. Macklin |
| Hillary Brooke | the second Mrs. Bellane |
| Percy Waram | Inspector Prentice |
| Dan Duryea | Cost/Travers |
| Alan Napier | Dr. Forrester |
| Erskine Sanford | George Rennit |
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