They Met in the Dark (1943) 6.3/10 – FULL Movie – James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls

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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-martialed. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.

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24 Replies to “They Met in the Dark (1943) 6.3/10 – FULL Movie – James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls”

  6. If your lead actor has the inability to grow a beard, which in this case James Mason looks like a third grader in a school play about Lincoln and they’ve stuck cotton balls to his face, find someone else. James Mason is a fine actor but they could have called Claude Rains and asked him if a beard was out of the question and if he said no, lose the beard. And while the beard is distracting, at least to me, it doesn’t come close to the dueling bad accents of Nicolas Cage and John Malkovich in Con Air.

  7. An enjoyable rare British war film starring a young James Mason and bevy of notable British character actors and familiar faces from the period. Pleasant, occasionally creepy, with lots of light relief. The Toodle Along (whatever) song is sung twice – too often for my taste but it didn't detract. Worth watching. Glad somebody saved it from the limbo of neglected films.

  8. Ostensible WW2 espionage thriller played for laughs with episodic singing, dancing, and harmonica playing. Probably just the kind of escapist fare that people in Britain wanted and needed in 1943. God Save the King . . .

  10. Excellent WW2 era movie. Glad they didn't try to colorize it. These old B&W flixs are still as good today as they were yesteryear. Mostly performances by small contract actors. Good script, actors, music and sets. I thoroughly enjoyed it and many small time productions of the war years. Intertwining mystery, entertainment and comedy. I recommend it. Thanks for posting.

  12. You don't find a mystery much better than this.. and derived upon many incidents of what actually happened in secret during the war. Kudos for posting a great classic.

  15. He was not a Commander but a Lt. Commander = 2 1/2 rings, not 3 and is called that when the charges are read out at the beginning. For some reason, the person who wrote, directed or produced this film did not know ranks or ratings in the R.N. Although he wore 2 1/2 rings, as explained, he is also called a Commander when he showed his ID. Wrong both times. Then at 1:00:00 he calls the Chief Petty Officer a Petty Officer, one rating lower. A P.O. has no buttons on his sleeves, only a C.P.O. Very sloppy.

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