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4 unusual facts about Ministry of Fear


Ministry of Fear

While waiting for a train to London, Neale visits a village fĂȘte hosted by the Mothers of Free Nations charity.

He guesses the weight of a cake for a shilling, and is urged to go to the palm reader's tent to have his fortune told by Mrs. Bellane (Aminta Dyne), an older woman.

Based on a novel by Graham Greene, the film tells the story of a man just released from a mental asylum who finds himself caught up in an international spy ring and pursued by foreign agents after inadvertently receiving something they want.

When the train stops during a Luftwaffe air raid, Neale's companion turns out not to be blind after all.



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