Ministry of Fear (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

Suffused with dread and paranoia, this Fritz Lang (M) adaptation of a novel by Graham Greene (THE THIRD MAN) is a plunge into the eerie shadows of a world turned upside down by war. En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale (THE LOST WEEKEND'S Ray Milland) stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections. Lang was among the most illustrious of the European émigré filmmakers working in Hollywood during World War II, and MINISTRY OF FEAR is one of his finest American productions, an unpredictable thriller with style to spare.

Starring: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Hillary Brooke, Percy Waram, Dan Duryea, Colin Kenny, Cyril Delavanti, Alan Napier, Erskine Sanford, Thomas Louden, Aminta Dyne, Eustace Wyatt, Mary Field, Byron Foulger, Lester Matthews, Helena Grant, Grayce Hampton, Ottola Nesmith, Connie Leon, Jessica Newcombe, Evelyn Beresford, Frank Dawson, Anne Curson, Harry Allen, Cyril Delevanti, Eric Wilton, Boyd Irwin, Colin Kelly, Frank Baker, Bruce Carruthers, Arthur Blake, Edward Fielding, David Clyde, Wilson Benge, Clive Morgan, George Broughton, Olaf Hytten, Hilda Plowright, Leonard Carey, Frank Leigh, Francis Sayles, Matthew Boulton, Edmond Russell

Director: Seton Miller