Based on true stories, this WWII drama is about how Britain's spy agency, called the Special Operations Executive, started recruiting women to operate as spies. Vera Atkins (
Stana Katic) is in charge of training women from various walks of life for the job. Recruits include Noor Inayat Khan (
Radhika Apte), a Muslim of Indian descent and a pacifist, and ambitious American Virginia Hall (
Sarah Megan Thomas) who walks with a wooden leg. Regardless of their personal positions, the women are put to the test when they are assigned to France and encounter the Nazis. Directed by
Lydia Dean Pilcher. ~ Olivia Cantor
