They Met in the Dark
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French theatrical poster
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Directed by | Karel Lamac |
Produced by | Marcel Hellman |
Written by | Anatole de Grunwald Miles Malleson scenario by Basil Bartlett, Victor McClure and James Seymour |
Based on | a novel The Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert |
Starring | James Mason Joyce Howard Tom Walls |
Music by | Benjamin Frankel (as Ben Frankel) |
Cinematography | Otto Heller |
Edited by | Winifred Cooper Terence Fisher |
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Marcel Hellman Productions (as Excelsior Films Ltd.)
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Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
Release dates
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1 November 1943 (UK) |
Running time
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104 min |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
They Met in the Dark is a 1943 British thriller film directed by Karel Lamac and starring James Mason, Joyce Howard and Edward Rigby.[1] A cashiered Royal Naval officer and a young woman join forces to solve a murder and hunt down a German spy ring.[2] The film features a single song sung by Phyllis Stanley, "Toddle Along" (Ben Frankel, Moira Heath). [3]
Cast
- James Mason as Richard Francis Heritage
- Joyce Howard as Laura Verity
- Tom Walls as Christopher Child
- Phyllis Stanley as Lily Bernard
- Edward Rigby as Mansel
- Ronald Ward as Carter
- David Farrar as Commander Lippinscott
- Karel Stepanek as Riccardo
- Betty Warren as Fay
- Walter Crisham as Charlie
- George Robey as Pawnbroker
- Ronald Chesney as Max, Mouth Harmonica Player
- Peggy Dexter as Bobby
- Finlay Currie as Merchant Captain
- Brefni O'Rorke as Detective Inspector Burrows
- Leonard Sharp as Bus Conductor
Critical reception
Radio Times noted "an old-fashioned, run-of-the-mill and unlikely espionage thriller-cum-romance, it was topical during the Second World War years, but is rather unrewarding now" ; [4] while Britmovie wrote, "there are capable performances from all involved but it’s Tom Walls, the urbane Aldwych farceur, who steals the limelight when cast against type as a charming villain." [5]
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). They Met in the Dark at IMDb
- They Met in the Dark is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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