Hotel Reserve

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Hotel Reserve ★★★ 1944

A Nazi spy is reportedly afoot in a French resort during WWII, and tension mounts as the guests attempt to flush him out. Critical response to this film is wildly split; some find it obvious, while others call it well-done and suspenseful. Based on the novel “Epitaph for a Spy” by Eric Ambler. 79m/ B VHS . GB James Mason, Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell, Julien Mitchell, Martin Miller, Herbert Lom, Frederick Valk, Valentine Dyall, Patricia Medina; D: Victor Hanbury, Lance Comfort, Max Greene.