Odette (1950)
Country: GB
Technical: bw 123m
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Peter Ustinov
Synopsis:
A woman volunteers for Special Operations during WW2, is parachuted into France, works with the Resistance and is captured, but refuses to name her accomplices.
Review:
Hagiographic tribute to a courageous wartime spy. The torture scene is discreet but still fairly strong, considering it is our own Anna there, and her makeup and performance are very effective in mapping the changes in her character. Marius Goring's piano-playing, secretary-seducing intelligence officer also raises the film above the workmanlike.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 123m
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Peter Ustinov
Synopsis:
A woman volunteers for Special Operations during WW2, is parachuted into France, works with the Resistance and is captured, but refuses to name her accomplices.
Review:
Hagiographic tribute to a courageous wartime spy. The torture scene is discreet but still fairly strong, considering it is our own Anna there, and her makeup and performance are very effective in mapping the changes in her character. Marius Goring's piano-playing, secretary-seducing intelligence officer also raises the film above the workmanlike.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 123m
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Peter Ustinov
Synopsis:
A woman volunteers for Special Operations during WW2, is parachuted into France, works with the Resistance and is captured, but refuses to name her accomplices.
Review:
Hagiographic tribute to a courageous wartime spy. The torture scene is discreet but still fairly strong, considering it is our own Anna there, and her makeup and performance are very effective in mapping the changes in her character. Marius Goring's piano-playing, secretary-seducing intelligence officer also raises the film above the workmanlike.