A Call to Spy
PG-13
6.7
2020
2 hr 4 min
Drama
, History
, Crime
The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.
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- Cast：
- Sarah Megan Thomas , Stana Katic , Radhika Apte , Linus Roache , Rossif Sutherland , Samuel Roukin , Laila Robins
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The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
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Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
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A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
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The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
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