A Call to Spy

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability and Noor Inayat Khan, a pacifist. These civilian women form an unlikely sisterhood while entangled in dangerous missions to turn the tide of the war.

Cast

Sarah Megan Thomas

as Virginia Hall

Stana Katic

as Vera Atkins

Radhika Apte

as Noor Inayat Khan

Linus Roache

as Maurice Buckmaster

Rossif Sutherland

as Dr. Chevain

Samuel Roukin

as Christopher

Laila Robins

as Pirani

Marc Rissmann

as Klaus Barbie

David Schaal

as Colonel Gubbins

Matt Salinger

as William Donovan

Reviews

SWITCH.

One of the limitations of a large scope war film is that you lose the human story that attracts audiences to the event. When something like a war - huge in scope by nature - is depicted on-screen (and likewise in education), you need a human focus to even begin to comprehend the magnitude of the rea...

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