Miss V from Moscow (1942)

Miss V from Moscow (1942). 1h 13m | Approved

“If you are looking for one of the worst American propaganda films of WWII, I would suggest you take a look at u0026quot;Miss V From Moscowu0026quot;. It features terrible acting, terrible writing, terrible accents and terrible direction…and a film must work hard to be terrible in all four departments!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhen the film begins, you learn that a Russian spy, Vera Marova (Lola Lane…the least talented of the Lane sisters) has been called on for a completely ridiculous mission. This lady is apparently the EXACT double for a German spy and they want her to take her place!! The idea of two identical strangers who are spies is ludicrous—the idea that Lane could approximate a Russian or German accent is even more ludicrous! In fact, throughout the film, itu0026#39;s like accent goulash—with weird accents that are just not right or just plain old American accents with no attempt to even approximate the real thing. It comes off as cheap….and is made much worse by dialog that, frankly, sounds like it was written by a couple of 10 year- olds! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo what IS Vera supposed to do and where does the film go? Well, who cares…itu0026#39;s never believable or interesting…though she is assisted by an American on the run who pretends, briefly, to be French…about as French as Chop Suey! Again and again, I keep thinking u0026quot;how could this get any stupider???u0026quot;…and yet it does! A terrible film with little to recommend it except as either a lesson to filmmakers about what NOT to do or else a film you can enjoy for laughs. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBy the way, in the opening scene, a soldier walks by some Russian office…and the soldier is wearing a WWI German helmet!!! Also, the German plane shot down at the end is Italian.”