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Titre original : I See a Dark Stranger

1946
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1h 52min

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6,9/10

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

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Une jeune femme Irlandaise, convaincue que les Anglais sont le mal incarné, décide de se tourner vers l'IRA. Alors que celle-ci la refuse, elle ne tarde pas à être repérée par un espion Nazi... Tout lireUne jeune femme Irlandaise, convaincue que les Anglais sont le mal incarné, décide de se tourner vers l'IRA. Alors que celle-ci la refuse, elle ne tarde pas à être repérée par un espion Nazi qui lui propose de travailler pour le IIIe Reich.Une jeune femme Irlandaise, convaincue que les Anglais sont le mal incarné, décide de se tourner vers l'IRA. Alors que celle-ci la refuse, elle ne tarde pas à être repérée par un espion Nazi qui lui propose de travailler pour le IIIe Reich.

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6,9/10

1,9 k

MA NOTE

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Récompenses
- 1 victoire au total

Anecdotes
Minehead mechanic and taxi driver, William Baker, was hired to ferry the cast around. As a reward, they placed him in the film as the man cleaning paint off the vandalised statue

Gaffes
In Devon in June 1944, sunset would be after 10 p.m. (Double Summer Time), and, indeed, when the clock strikes 9 and Bridie suddenly ends her date with David, they are seen moving against a daytime sky. Yet in the prisoner scene occurring simultaneously, it's fully dark.

Citations
J. Miller: You should visit England one day. You may change your mind.
Bridie Quilty: There's no need. I've an aunt there who has told me all about it. She says the upper classes are cringing and always moaning about their troubles, and the lower classes are arrogant and think they own the Earth.
J. Miller: I thought it was the other way round.
Bridie Quilty: My aunt runs a servants' registry office.
J. Miller: Ah!
Bridie Quilty: There's no "ah" about it. She hates the whole lot of them, and so do I. My father fought for Ireland against the English in 1916, and if I ever get the chance I shall do the same.
J. Miller: For a subject of a neutral country, aren't you being a little belligerent?
Bridie Quilty: There's nothing belligerent about it. It's entirely a question of which side I'm neutral on.

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

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7/10

Deborah Kerr makes a feisty Bridie Quilty in suspenseful spy film...

I SEE A DARK STRANGER depends heavily on the central performance of DEBORAH KERR to carry its story about a naive young Irish woman who has grown up hating the British, thanks to her father's romanticized view of the Irish rebellion. She travels to Ireland to volunteer her services as a spy for the IRA, is promptly rebuffed and reminded that "things are neutral now", but is spotted by RAYMOND HUNTLEY who wants to use her services for his own espionage purposes.

What's so wonderful about the film, called THE ADVENTURESS in the U.S., is that it combines humor with drama, mystery and suspense, always with Kerr's strong performance as Bridie Quilty as the center of attention. Kerr uses her facial expressions expertly, especially in close-ups where we can actually see what she is thinking. It's a performance on par with her work in BLACK NARCISSUS, where close-ups allowed her to fully reveal a character's intentions and motivations.

TREVOR HOWARD is the Englishman instantly attracted to her who gradually comes to understand that she's involved in something way beyond her scope and is soon just as involved in all the intrigue as she is. There are unexpected twists and turns throughout and some very droll moments of comedy when a funeral procession turns out to be something quite unexpected.

The weaknesses only are apparent during the last fifteen minutes with an extended fight scene that borders on slapstick before Kerr and Howard are allowed a quieter moment of romance. And then the final zinger involving a hotel sign that infuriates Kerr--but I'll let that remain hidden so you can enjoy the moment.

Summing up: Highly satisfactory British film which won Deborah Kerr a N.Y. Film Critics Award as Best Actress in 1947--also for BLACK NARCISSUS.

Trivia note: David TOMLINSON and JOAN HICKSON both have brief roles, but you have to be awfully quick to catch a glimpse of Hickson.