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Shining Through

DramaRomanceThrillerWar

Directed by David Seltzer

Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate… From TMDB

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Shining Through is a 1992 drama romance thriller film, directed by David Seltzer, starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith and Liam Neeson.

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  • Jim Beaver @jumblejim.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    Monday movie: Shining Through (1992) ****

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  • Robin Marwick @electricland.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 21, 2026

    At one point in Shining Through by Susan Isaacs (which I bought because the movie was so bad I had to understand how it got made), the heroine (a former secretary from Queens turned spy) is in Berlin looking at ordinary Germans and wonders “could Americans ever be so scared their insides died?”

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  • Joseph Aisenberg @josephaisenberg13.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2026

    I know. It’s just naturally Shining Through, a movie starring Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas

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  • Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    In this vein, I recommend the awful 1973 movie Mahogany with Tony Perkins + Diana Ross. The song is better than the movie, but a weed gummy and a pizza and it's also hilariously terrible. Shining Through with Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas for a terrible WW2 'thriller.' Poor Mel. She's BAD.

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  • SoloShikigami @soloshikigami.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2026

    Part of this plan is not anticipating my next movie. Took some time but decided on Shining Through - haven’t seen it in years but in the spirit of Passover it may be warranted. I hope it doesn’t make me cry. Progress, and Pagan mercifully moved.

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  • Kathy Lisiewicz @kathylisiewicz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2025

    That’s clearly someone who is unfamiliar with Shining Through. Is the movie good? No. Is it amazing that they were able to pull an actual storyline out of that book? It sure is.

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  • Fugitive from Phlebotomists. @ryansforbeson.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    First heard this maybe 30 years ago in a horrible movie called “Shining Through” (but great book) and have loved ever since. Well played!

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  • Rita Marshall @ritamarshall.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2026

    Her stuff is a bit older, tho she's still writing. A few have been made into movies - Compromising Positions, Shining Through, After All These Years, Hello Again I've liked most of her books, but her mysteries feel the strongest - nice characters and dialogue. She should've worked more in film lol

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  • Flora Posteschild @floraposteschild.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2026

    I wish someone would make a proper movie of Shining Through. It's a funny, rousing story that I picture starring Ginger Rogers, Robert Taylor, and Spencer Tracy.

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  • R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    I worked at a movie theater in high school in the early 1990s and so saw a lot of bad movies, but either Shining Through or Arlington Road tops my list.

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  • R. Scott Rogers @arrscott.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2026

    I mean the movies Shining Through and Arlington Road exist and can be watched. If you’re saying a movie is the worst script of all time, you’re saying you’ve seen those movies (a modern critic probably hasn’t) and the new movie is worse (it’s almost certainly not).

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  • Zelda Kristhild Octavia Londinium Oghigiano, MSFE @zeldakologhigiano.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 5, 2026

    The GOP are literally like the Nazis in the movie Shining Through (1992) with Melanie Griffith. She was Nazi friends in the community, but when the Nazi military started looking for her, they got scared and wouldn't open their door to her.

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  • Today In Movies @todayinmovies.comBluesky · Feb 1, 2026

    🎬 The Top 4 Thriller Movies Released on January 31! What's your fave? 1. Labor Day 2. The Suspect 3. Shining Through 4. Shamus Check out all 43 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Thriller

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