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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 martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.
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Jun 26, 2022 · via TMDB
James Mason is the disgraced RN Commander ("Heritage") dragooned from the service after being tricked into sharing secrets with the Nazis. Bent on revenge, he determines to track them down. His journey starts at an old cottage where he mets Joyce Howard ("Laura") who has come to visit her uncle, but discovers a body instead - a body that has disappeared by the time the police arrive to investigate. Initially hostile and wary of each other, the pair must work together to get to the bottom of this most sophisticated of criminal enterprises that appears to revolve around the operations of the "Child's" talent agency run by Tom Walls, which is adept at getting it's acts on the BBC. Mason has a certain mischief about his role here, a charisma that is much needed as I found Howard's character quite annoying - indeed the attempts at comedy, generally here, don't really work at all. Phyllis Stanley is competent as the starring chanteuse "Lily" with her masterful example of the lyric writers art - "Toddle Along" which, to her credit, she sings without the merest hint of a grin on her face, and there are a few scenes towards the end with Edward Rigby as Mason's sidekick "Mansel" and David Farrar adds a bit of weight to the thing, too. It's an enjoyable watch, with the star in an ascendency that clearly shows why he would soon be Hollywood bound.
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James Mason
Richard Francis Heritage
Joyce Howard
Laura Verity
Tom Walls
Christopher Child
Phyllis Stanley
Lily Bernard
Edward Rigby
Mansel
Ronald Ward
Carter
David Farrar
Commander Lippinscott
Karl Stepanek
Riccardo
Betty Warren
Fay
Walter Crisham
Charlie
Jeanne De Casalis
Lady with Dog
Patricia Medina
Mary, Manicurist (as Pat Medina)
George Robey
Pawnbroker
Finlay Currie
Merchant Captain
Brefni O'Rorke
Detective Inspector Burrows
Ian Fleming
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Kynaston Reeves
Naval Officer in Charge of Court Martial
Herbert Lomas
Van Driver
Terence de Marney
Code Expert
Charles Victor
Pub Owner
Anthony Dawson
2nd Code Expert
Jack Melford
Defence Lawyer at Court Martial (uncredited)
Hay Petrie
Waiter (uncredited)
Dennis Wyndham
George the Barman (uncredited)
Otto Heller
Director of Photography
Karel Lamač
Director
Anatole de Grunwald
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Long Night in '43
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Nine Lives
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A Canterbury Tale
The Murderers Are Among Us
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