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They Met in the Dark

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6.3/10 • 13

1943-08-111h 31m

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A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.

Directors
Karel Lamač
Writters
Miles Malleson

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  1. James Mason

    James Mason

    Richard Francis Heritage

  2. Joyce Howard

    Joyce Howard

    Laura Verity

  3. Tom Walls

    Tom Walls

    Christopher Child

  4. Phyllis Stanley

    Phyllis Stanley

    Lily Bernard

  5. Edward Rigby

    Edward Rigby

    Mansel

  6. Ronald Ward

    Ronald Ward

    Carter

  7. David Farrar

    David Farrar

    Commander Lippinscott

  8. Karl Stepanek

    Karl Stepanek

    Riccardo

  9. Betty Warren

    Betty Warren

    Fay

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CinemaSerf

Jun 26, 2022

6/10

James Mason is the disgraced RN Commander ("Heritage") dragooned from the service after being tricked into sharing secrets with the Nazis. Bent on revenge, he determines to track them down. His journey starts at an old cottage where he mets Joyce Howard ("Laura") who has come to visit her uncle, but discovers a body instead - a body that has disappeared by the time the police arrive to investigate. Initially hostile and wary of each other, the pair must work together to get to the bottom of this most sophisticated of criminal enterprises that appears to revolve around the operations of the "Child's" talent agency run by Tom Walls, which is adept at getting it's acts on the BBC. Mason has a certain mischief about his role here, a charisma that is much needed as I found Howard's character quite annoying - indeed the attempts at comedy, generally here, don't really work at all. Phyllis Stanley is competent as the starring chanteuse "Lily" with her masterful example of the lyric writers art - "Toddle Along" which, to her credit, she sings without the merest hint of a grin on her face, and there are a few scenes towards the end with Edward Rigby as Mason's sidekick "Mansel" and David Farrar adds a bit of weight to the thing, too. It's an enjoyable watch, with the star in an ascendency that clearly shows why he would soon be Hollywood bound.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
nazispyworld war iiroyal navy