Ministry of Fear (Graham Greene's) (Directors Suite)

Stephen Neale (played with aplomb by dashing Oscar®-winner Ray Milland) is released from an insane asylum after two years in lock-down?only to find the world in a frenzy of war, terror and destruction, not unlike his own fragile mental state. Making his way into London, Neale happens upon a country fair, where he wins a cake by guessing its weight. But little does he know that this cake contains microfilm which was intended for a murderous spy ring! In the wrong place at the wrong time, Neale finds a confidante in the beautiful Viennese refugee, Carla, but as the two find themselves getting into deeper and deeper trouble, Stephen finds himself questioning her trustworthiness...

From the pen of one of the greatest British writers of the 20th century, Graham Greene - the man behind such successes as The Third Man and The Quiet American - and handled with the deft touch of Metropolis' Fritz Lang, Ministry of Fear is a classic 1940s noir espionage thriller in the vein of Alfred Hitchcok's The 39 Steps.