Ministry of Fear

1944 86 min ★ 6.9 Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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

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Cast

Ray Milland

Stephen Neale

Marjorie Reynolds

Carla Hilfe

Carl Esmond

Willi Hilfe

Hillary Brooke

Mrs. Bellane #2

Percy Waram

Inspector Prentice

Dan Duryea

Cost/Travers the Tailor

Alan Napier

Dr. JM Forrester

Erskine Sanford

George Rennit

Harry Allen

Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Details

Director

Fritz Lang

Screenplay

Seton I. Miller

Tagline

"Thrilling drama of the Invisible Network of Terror!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Paramount Pictures

Reviews

J

John Chard

January 5, 2019

★ 8/10

Innocent? Prove it! *Warning: Spoilers* Ministry Of Fear is directed by Fritz Lang & is adapted for the screen by Seton I. Miller from the Graham Greene novel "The Ministry Of Fear." It stars Ray Milland as Stephen Neale, an ex-insane asylum inmate who is released after a two year sentence for what was allegedly the "mercy" killing of his incurably ill wife. Upon his release Neale buys h...

C

CinemaSerf

June 30, 2022

★ 6/10

Ray Milland is "Stephen Neale" who has recently been released from a psychiatric hospital. On his way back to London he stops off at a village fête where he guesses the weight of a cake correctly - and so has to lug it back on the train with him. When he shares it with a fellow passenger who proceeds to steal the thing, he guesses that there is more to it than just sponge and jam! His subsequent i...