I See a Dark Stranger (1946)

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A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a Nazi spy.

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5 April 2009 | sabre-cc
10
| Strange and delightful film
Isn't she just absolutely gorgeous! This is an amazing example of film noir that also manages to include a good deal of humour - ironically about times and events that were not particularly humorous. Debora Kerrs character is a beautiful and somewhat naive young lady - but decidedly full of spirit! and operating on the philosophy that 'my enemy's enemy must be my friend'. The film is supported with the introduction of a wide range of characters as the film unfolds. Viewed many times, I could always do so again. For location buffs - The English town scenes are filmed at Dunster (Somerset)- The medieval yarn market is clearly visible in the background, and I adore her assertion that, 'it all depends which side I'm being neutral on!' Perfect.

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The film was to have featured Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne as their characters Charters and Caldicott. However the actors demanded more screen-time than the producers were prepared to give them. The roles played by Garry Marsh (Goodhusband) and Tom Macaulay (Spanswick) are thinly disguised versions of Charters and Caldicott.

Quotes

Man in Bookshop: You've got your papers for England, I take it?
J. Miller: Yes, I've an Argentine passport. I'm going to Britain to buy bulls, apparently. I could have thought of happier excuses; I don't like bulls.
Man in Bookshop: Bulls will be the easiest part of your business. Did you ever ...

Goofs

In the station buffet at Crewe Deborah Kerr sees a newspaper headline stating 'Suspected German spy shot'. Later in a Liverpool hotel room she takes a newspaper out of her handbag and unfolds it to a back inside page where the headline about the spy is., not on the front page as would be expected. Later she picks it up again but it's now folded to the front page which shows it to be The Northern Echo. This paper is based in Darlington and only circulates around that area. While a copy might have been left on a train those only go North and South not to the West Country. The Echo at that at that time was the same format as the Telegraph so it would have been impossible to fold it up to fit in a handbag.

Soundtracks

Kelly the Boy from Killane
Irish folk song
Sung by the men in the pub

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Genres

Drama | Thriller | War

Details

Release Date:

5 August 1946

Language

English, French

Country of Origin

UK

Filming Locations

County Wexford, Ireland

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