“A Call to Spy” braids the stories of three decorated WWII spies to reveal — and to revel in — their pivotal roles in British spy craft and history.
The title may fall flat but the movie, a sturdy directorial debut for producer Lydia Dean Pilcher, gets to the heart of the matter.
Even as they faced various forms of discrimination, Vera Atkins, Virginia Hall and Noor Inayat Khan responded boldly to the tug of duty.
They served Britain, andA scene of torture begins the film.
The year is 1941, and Germany has invaded France.
The person being interrogated is a woman.
Soaked, gasping, she will not crumble.
Turns out, she doesn’t have to.
The woman is Hall (Sarah Megan Thomas), and to our relief, she’s undergoing the final test in her training.
Three months earlier, the Special Operations Executive branch of the British government began recruiting “lady spies.” Winston Churchill
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