
Red Joan(2018)
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.


“The true story of the most fabulous spy of all time!”
During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

James Mason
Ulysses Diello

Danielle Darrieux
Condesa Anna Staviska

Michael Rennie
Colin Travers

Walter Hampden
Sir Frederic Taylor

Oskar Karlweis
L. C. Moyzisch

Herbert Berghof
Col. von Richter

John Wengraf
Count Franz Von Papen

Ben Astar
Siebert
Roger Plowden
Keith Macfadden
Diane Adrian
Singer on French Record (voice)
5 Fingers is a thriller, drama film released in 1952 exploring themes of spy, world war ii, turkey, counterfeit money, 1940s. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, it stars James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie. During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
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