Director Lydia Dean Pilcher and writer Sarah Megan Thomas fill a void in the cinematic pantheon of espionage movies with A CALL TO SPY. Quite simply – we need more films about female spies. As history, although not Hollywood, has shown us time and again over the decades, women are so much better at “spying” than men. But it comes as no surprise that in the century-long male domination of the film industry, men didn’t want this POV shown, but for a half-naked and sexy Mata Hari or having the woman as a sidekick or one needing the help of a man.
But now we have this exhilarating trailer and the imminent release of A CALL TO SPY.
As Great Britain’s forces were stretched thin during World War II, Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) began to enlist women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. Spymistress Vera Atkins, later the inspiration for Ian Fleming’s Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise, was the chief recruiter for this secret army. Atkins selected two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall, an American journalist from Baltimore hampered by a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan, a wireless officer of Indian descent and an avowed pacifist. Together, they worked to undermine the Nazi regime in France. The courage, sacrifices and grit of these three women helped quell the Nazi occupation – and ultimately turned the tide of the war.
Directed by Lydia Dean Pilcher and written by Sarah Megan Thomas, A CALL TO SPY stars Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic (Castle), Radhika Apte (The Wedding Guest, Sacred Games).
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