What a great title - and not so great movie,after all.
Based on a novel by Graham Greene, it follows a main character who has been released from mental hospital (during the movie we find out why he was there in a first place) and finds himself in a web of a spy ring in a war-time London. I can't put my finger on it - is it financial limitations or the script or the acting or perhaps (gasp) director,but the truth is the movie starts very good,with the right amount of dark atmosphere and there is a magic in the air UNTIL the guy arrives in London,from than on everything loses the mystery and looks like another cute period piece. Interesting,because after all this is great Fritz Lang who made not one but two of my all-time favorite movies ("Metropolis" and "M") and I expected more from him.
In the main role is the actor called Ray Milland - now,I have hardly ever heard about the guy and suspect people on the street wouldn't know about him either. Still,intrigued about him I did some research and it turned out he wasn't just some supporting actor but a big star in his time,in fact the very next year he won Academy Award - it just shows how temporary fame is.
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