A Call to Spy

A Call to Spy follows Vera Atkins, a recruiter for Britain's Special Operations Executive, and two women she brings into the agency during the Second World War. Virginia Hall is an American who does not let a disability stand in her way, while Noor Inayat Khan is a committed pacifist. The three form an unusual bond as they take on dangerous work aimed at shifting the course of the war. The film is a dramatization of real events.

Lydia Dean Pilcher directed from a screenplay by Sarah Megan Thomas, who also produced and plays Virginia Hall. Stana Katic appears as Vera Atkins and Radhika Apte as Noor Inayat Khan, with Linus Roache, Rossif Sutherland and Samuel Roukin among the credited cast of 43. The production, from SMT Pictures, runs 124 minutes and was released in 2019.

Audience response has been moderate and steady: on IMDb the film holds 6.7/10 from roughly 9,900 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.8/10 from about 218 votes. The two figures are close, suggesting a consistent reaction across viewing audiences. It falls within the crime, drama and history genres.