Simone Signoret Against The Wind
Posted: July 17th, 2012, 2:38 pm
Another film I see that is on you tube in full is the war movie Against The Wind. I've seen better films, but the performance of Simone Signoret gives the movie a great lift.
Spoiler
She plays Michelle a French girl working as a recruting instructor for the British secret service. She was a vunerable young woman,who after being on a mission in Belgium is betrayed by a lover, who turned out to be friendly with the Germans. However, after a female wireless operator is killed on her parachute drop, Michelle is quickly sent back to Belgium to take her place, as part a group sent over to rescue a fellow spy.
The highlight of the film is when Michelle is pouring her heart out to fellow agent Jack Warner if a farm kitchen, while waiting for a coded message from London. As Warner is shaving, she gets the message that he's a German spy. She picks up a gun, calls out his name and as he turns, shots him several times in the chest.
Though Robert Beatty is the male star of the film, playing a priest undercover as a priest, it's a young Gordon Jackson that wins her heart. It's interesting watching Jackson play a young secret agent, because over 30-yrs later he would star as Major George Cowley in the huge UK series The Professionals. Cowley was an agent himself, but during aand after the war, before forming his crime fighting organization CI5
Spoiler
She plays Michelle a French girl working as a recruting instructor for the British secret service. She was a vunerable young woman,who after being on a mission in Belgium is betrayed by a lover, who turned out to be friendly with the Germans. However, after a female wireless operator is killed on her parachute drop, Michelle is quickly sent back to Belgium to take her place, as part a group sent over to rescue a fellow spy.
The highlight of the film is when Michelle is pouring her heart out to fellow agent Jack Warner if a farm kitchen, while waiting for a coded message from London. As Warner is shaving, she gets the message that he's a German spy. She picks up a gun, calls out his name and as he turns, shots him several times in the chest.
Though Robert Beatty is the male star of the film, playing a priest undercover as a priest, it's a young Gordon Jackson that wins her heart. It's interesting watching Jackson play a young secret agent, because over 30-yrs later he would star as Major George Cowley in the huge UK series The Professionals. Cowley was an agent himself, but during aand after the war, before forming his crime fighting organization CI5