England Virginia McKenna
Solid, straightforward account of the life of a young woman who, during WW2, made her way into occupied France to coordinate guerrilla attacks against Nazi infrastructure.
Film was made in 1958 and carries all the pluses and minuses of that era...linear storytelling, solid, if constrained performances, sound stage work, rear-projection, unreflective political views...
England was in sorry shape in 1958 and I'll wager that Rank made this film to infuse the populace with the then-fading glory of the war, re-living heroic deeds in a time of prolonged deprivation. The film still works largely due to the skill and presence of VMK.
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