Synopsis
5 Fingers (1952) is a spy thriller from Joseph L. Mankiewicz that you can watch online on iFILM. Shot in crisp black and white, it dramatizes one of the boldest intelligence operations of the Second World War.
In wartime Ankara, in neutral Turkey, the valet to the British ambassador — a cool operator named Diello (James Mason) — photographs his employer's secret papers and sells the film to the Germans for a fortune, under the codename Cicero. He is sure he has outwitted everyone: London, Berlin, and the impoverished Polish countess (Danielle Darrieux) he is hoarding the money for. The bigger the payday, the thinner the thread holding his freedom.
Mankiewicz plays espionage as a game of wits, building tension from nerve and bluff rather than gunfire. Mason is magnetic as a man in love with his own cleverness. A great pick if you like old-school spy films with no special effects. Stream 5 Fingers (1952) online on iFILM.
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