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L'étrange aventurière

Original title: I See a Dark Stranger
  • 1946
  • Approved
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.9K
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L'étrange aventurière (1946)
A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a Nazi spy.
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A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.

  • Director
    • Frank Launder
  • Writers
    • Frank Launder
    • Sidney Gilliat
    • Wolfgang Wilhelm
  • Stars
    • Deborah Kerr
    • Trevor Howard
    • Raymond Huntley
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    1.9K
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    • Director
      • Frank Launder
    • Writers
      • Frank Launder
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Wolfgang Wilhelm
    • Stars
      • Deborah Kerr
      • Trevor Howard
      • Raymond Huntley
    • 46User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    Deborah Kerr
    Deborah Kerr
    • Bridie Quilty
    Trevor Howard
    Trevor Howard
    • David Baynes
    Raymond Huntley
    Raymond Huntley
    • J. Miller
    Michael Howard
    • Hawkins
    Norman Shelley
    Norman Shelley
    • Man in Straw Hat
    Brefni O'Rorke
    Brefni O'Rorke
    • Michael O'Callaghan
    Brenda Bruce
    Brenda Bruce
    • American Waitress
    James Harcourt
    James Harcourt
    • Grandfather
    Liam Redmond
    Liam Redmond
    • Uncle Timothy
    William G. O'Gorman
    • Danny Quilty
    • (as W. O'Gorman)
    Garry Marsh
    Garry Marsh
    • Capt. Goodhusband
    Tom Macaulay
    • Lieut. Spanswick
    Tony Quinn
    • Galley Guide
    Olga Lindo
    Olga Lindo
    • Mrs. Edwards
    John Salew
    John Salew
    • Man in Bookshop
    Harry Hutchinson
    • Chief Mourner
    David Ward
    David Ward
    • Oscar Pryce
    George Woodbridge
    George Woodbridge
    • Walter
    • Director
      • Frank Launder
    • Writers
      • Frank Launder
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Wolfgang Wilhelm
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    GManfred

    Eclectic Movie

    This movie has something for every taste and could fall into several classifications. In addition to the website heading of Drama, Thriller and War it could also be a Comedy, Adventure or even a Film Noir. It is very entertaining and characteristically well done under the Launder-Gilliat banner.

    I think, though, that it could have a higher rating if it could have decided exactly which genre it should fall under. It is an absorbing picture until, at a very inopportune moment it decides to inject a bit of humor into a scene, thereby killing the mood as well as the tension. I wished it had taken itself seriously as it could have been and excellent WWII spy picture. As is, it is a good enough as a comedy/drama which goes about its business with tongue firmly planted in cheek.

    Deborah Kerr is the central character as Bridie Quilty, an idealistic Irish lass who wants to work for the IRA. She carries the picture and Trevor Howard along with her. There is also a wonderful cast of supporting actors who boost the proceedings immeasurably, and I wonder if some are from Dublin's Abbey Theatre, so capable are they in their roles. No other complaints, and I would recommend it to film fans who enjoy a potpourri of genres in their movies.
    8Penfold-13

    Superior drama

    Deborah Kerr is an Irish country lass brought up on her father's romanticised view of his heroic struggle against the English.

    She leaves home for Dublin, where she wants to join the IRA, but is recruited by the Germans.

    She gets entangled with Trevor Howard, a British officer, and conflicting loyalties ensue for both.

    It's a classy piece, finely acted, atmospherically shot. There's suspense, humour, romance, and a strong plot. Kerr lives up to the three-dimensional role, and the rest of the cast give sterling support.

    Well worthwhile.
    7rhoda-9

    Very enjoyable if you switch off your brain

    Though many Irishmen voluntarily joined the British forces in World War II, the country's official neutrality must have aroused a great deal of resentment and anger among the British fighting for their lives at home and abroad. This movie could be seen as an attempt at reconciliation, not by trying to justify the Irish policy as a response to centuries of British oppression but by characterizing Irish super-patriots as eccentric and silly. Nothing succeeds with the English like making them feel superior.

    Deborah Kerr was seldom so tender, vulnerable, and utterly lovely as in her role as a girl brought up on her family's semi-mythical stories of rebellion and guerrilla fighting who, with World War II under way for several years, decides to join the IRA. But before she manages to do that, she encounters a German spy who apparently takes about five minutes to convince her that her that she would do just as well serving her enemy's enemy. Since she declares that, although living in a remote rural area, she reads newspapers and is up to date, one cannot consider her a backward eccentric. So--if we think about it--we have to assume that she is indifferent to Nazi terror, murder, and genocide. In other words, she is a monster. Kerr plays her as a romantic, over-enthusiastic young girl who sees herself as a character in a girls' adventure book, but it's not enough to give her a pass. She is, after all, supposed to be 21, not six. Even at sixteen she would be expected to have more morals and sense.
    8Steve-318

    Post-war war film that casts a spell

    Deborah Kerr (as in star) as the trailer says is usually thought of in almost matronly fashion since she's brought strength and dignity to so many roles as a veteran performer. Here you see her in younger days. She's a wild and bewitching Irish rose, marvelous as the brassy Bridey Kiltie, hater of all things English. Buoyed by Kerr, Trevor Howard and a wonderful British-Irish cast,this film makes you feel like you're right back there in UK during the war. Only you're not flying off to punish the Germans. It's a homefront thing. The movie is more drama than mystery but it's enthralling all the same with humor and style to burn. Among the great characters are a pair of British officers, Captain Goodhusband (Garry Marsh) and Lt. Spanswick(Tom Macaulay)who come along to steal the film in their portrayal as oh-so-very-English middle-aged officers.
    8whpratt1

    Comedy/ Drama

    Enjoyed seeing how young Deborah Kerr appeared in this picture at the age of twenty-four years. Deborah plays the role as Birdie Quilty who works in her families pub in England and heard all kinds of stories told by people who visited the pub about how Ireland fought against the British years ago and she starts to form a hated toward the English Government. Birdie becomes of age and wants to go to Dublin, Ireland to live and work and she meets up with some very strange people who have listened to Birdie talk about England and they decide to utilize her hatred towards the British Nation for their own benefits. Birdie finds herself in some very difficult situations until she meets up with a British Lt. David Baynes, (Trevor Howard) who seems to fall madly in love with Birdie at first seeing her and on other dates, it becomes serious. However, Birdie has so many dark secrets that she does not want to show any affections towards David and this still does not stop David from following her from one country to another. This is a very great film with plenty of funny moments and at other times can be very dark and mysterious. Enjoy.

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    • Trivia
      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
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      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.

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      Featured in WatchMojoUK: Top 10 British Movies We Want to See Remade (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Kelly the Boy from Killane
      Irish folk song

      Sung by the men in the pub

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    • Release date
      • February 3, 1947 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Streaming on "Brian Henry Martin" YouTube Channel
      • Streaming on "Grandpa's Old Movies Chest" YouTube Channel (French subtitles)
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • I See a Dark Stranger
    • Filming locations
      • County Wexford, Ireland(on location)
    • Production company
      • Individual Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 52m(112 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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