---
title: 'Ministry of Fear (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fritz Lang'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ministry-of-fear-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037075/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ministry of Fear (1944)

1944 · 83 min · Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Ministry of Fear is a 1944 American spy thriller film noir directed by Fritz Lang, and starring Ray Milland and Marjorie Reynolds. Based on the 1943 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 Nazi agents after inadvertently receiving something they want. The original music for the film was composed by Victor Young.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang)
- **Screenplay:** [Graham Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/graham-greene), [Seton I. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/seton-i-miller)
- **Producer:** [Seton I. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/seton-i-miller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Victor Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-young)
- **Director of Photography:** [Henry Sharp](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-sharp)
- **Editor:** [Archie Marshek](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-marshek)

## Cast

- [Leonard Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-carey)
- [Ray Milland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-milland)
- [Arthur Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-blake-2)
- [Hillary Brooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/hillary-brooke)
- [Mary Field](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-field)
- [Colin Kenny](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-kenny)
- [Lester Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-matthews)
- [Erskine Sanford](https://cinepixo.com/people/erskine-sanford)
- [Cyril Delevanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-delevanti)
- [Marjorie Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-reynolds)
- [Alan Napier](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-napier)
- [Eustace Wyatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/eustace-wyatt)
- [Byron Foulger](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-foulger)
- [Dan Duryea](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-duryea)
- [Carl Esmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-esmond)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ministry-of-fear-1944
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