I See a Dark Stranger
Homevision (1946)
Mystery, Thriller
In Collection
#6481
0*
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037429174920
  7.1
1 hr 38 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Deborah Kerr Bridie Quilty
Trevor Howard Lt. David Baynes
Raymond Huntley J. Miller
Michael Howard Hawkins
Norman Shelley Man in Straw Hat
Tom Macaulay Lt. Spanswick
Liam Redmond Uncle Timothy
Brefni O'Rorke Michael O'Callaghan
James Harcourt Grandfather
George Woodbridge Walter
Garry Marsh Capt. Goodhusband
Olga Lindo Mrs. Edwards
David Ward Oscar Pryce
Harry Hutchinson Chief Mourner
Harry Webster Uncle Joe
Director
Frank Launder
Producer Sidney Gilliat
Frank Launder
Writer Sidney Gilliat
Frank Launder
Sydney Gilliat
Cinematography Wilkie Cooper


You know Deborah Kerr as the finely regal actress of her later career; you may not know the vibrant, sexy redhead of younger days. I See a Dark Stranger should rectify that. (But do also see the Powell-Pressburger triumphs that bookend it, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and Black Narcissus.) This delightful picture comes from the deft duo of Frank Launder and Sydney Gilliat, who excelled at comic suspense. Kerr plays Bridie Quilty, an Irish lass bred to loathe the English, who ends up spying for the Germans during World War II (only because they're against the English and the IRA wouldn't take her). This curious premise leads to delicious intrigue, as Bridie finds herself dumping a body off an English seacoast cliff and chasing around the Isle of Man with two bald policemen named Goodhusband and Spanswick. Trevor Howard tags along, but this is Kerr's show, and she is smashing. --Robert Horton
Edition Details
Distributor Homevision
Release Date 1/21/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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