They Met in the Dark (1943)
95 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 1 November 1943 (UK)
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.
Director: Carl Lamac (as Karel Lamac)
Writers: Anthony Gilbert (novel), Basil Bartlett (scenario)
Stars: James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls
95 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 1 November 1943 (UK)
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.
Director: Carl Lamac (as Karel Lamac)
Writers: Anthony Gilbert (novel), Basil Bartlett (scenario)
Stars: James Mason, Joyce Howard, Tom Walls
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00:00Please, will you take me to a hospital?
00:06Pleasure.
00:07Where to?
00:08Oh, no.
00:09No, thank you.
00:10But you stopped me and I want to talk to you.
00:11Do get in.
00:12Yes, but I don't want to talk to you.
00:13Stop!
00:14Stop!
00:15All right, lady.
00:16Where's the one she brought?
00:17The nearest police station.
00:18Oh.
00:19Officer.
00:20What?
00:21Oh, something terrible's happened.
00:22Something awful.
00:23If it's ration troubles, you go to the food office.
00:24Oh, but it's not.
00:25Well, what did you lose?
00:26I didn't.
00:27I found it.
00:28What, a parachutist?
00:29Oh, no, no.
00:30Don't be silly.
00:31No.
00:32A body.
00:33A ooze.
00:34I don't know.
00:35It was dead.
00:36Oh, accident or natural causes?
00:37Murder.
00:38Not murder.
00:39Murder.
00:40Murder.
00:41Murder.
00:42Murder.
00:43Murder.
00:44Murder.
00:45Murder.
00:46Murder.
00:47Murder.
00:48Not murder.
00:49Well, I...
00:50Well, we'll do something.
00:51It is kind of unusual around here, you know.
00:52But say, you're in luck today.
00:53Detective Inspector Burruss is here from headquarters.
00:54You can tell him all about it.
00:55Officer.
00:56Officer.
00:57Do you know that man?
00:58Can't say I do.
00:59I think he is the murderer.
01:00Oh?
01:01You'd better arrest him.
01:02It's all right.
01:03Now, wait.
01:04Wait.
01:05Wait.
01:06Wait.
01:07Wait.
01:08Wait.
01:09Wait.
01:10Wait.
01:11Wait.
01:12Wait.
01:13Wait.
01:14Wait.
01:15Wait.
01:16Wait.
01:17It's all right.
01:18Now, wait.
01:20Good.
01:22Take a seat, ma'am.
01:23Oh.
01:26You leave me alone?
01:27I've got to talk to you before you tell the police.
01:29Tell them what?
01:30Whatever you're going to tell them.
01:31Oh, so you're trying to intimidate me, are you?
01:38Good morning, miss.
01:39Morning.
01:41Now, about this murder.
01:42You didn't know the victim?
01:43No.
01:44Where did you find the body?
01:45In the bedroom.
01:46In the bedroom.
01:47Yours?
01:48Oh, no.
01:49I don't know.
01:50One of my uncles, probably.
01:51It's their house, Orchard Cottage.
01:52What she was doing there, I have no idea.
01:53The victim's a woman?
01:54Mm, a girl.
01:55Can you describe her?
01:56Oh, yes.
01:57She was dark.
01:58Very dark, in fact.
01:59And quite young, too, I should think.
02:00Oh, and she had a bracelet with curious dangling charms on it.
02:03Of course, I couldn't tell how tall she was or anything like that.
02:06Anything else?
02:07Afraid not.
02:08Well, what do you want?
02:09I came here to ask about someone who seems to have disappeared.
02:11Huh?
02:12So this young lady's description exactly fits the person I'm looking for.
02:14Interesting coincidence.
02:15It's nonsense.
02:16He came out of the house just before I went in and found the body.
02:19But I was only there a minute before she arrived.
02:21And you stayed in the cottage all night.
02:23You did?
02:24With a dead girl?
02:25And why didn't you report the murder right away?
02:27Well, well, I, I was afraid.
02:29Of what?
02:30The murderer.
02:31Of him.
02:32Ridiculous.
02:33What were you doing at the cottage?
02:34I was looking for Mary.
02:35Mary?
02:36Who?
02:37Well, um, just Mary is what I'm concerned.
02:39Hmm.
02:40I suppose you do know there is a dead girl.
02:42I do, but I don't.
02:43I don't.
02:44All right, all right.
02:45I'll want to question you both later.
02:47After we view the remains of the scene of the crime.
02:49Come along, son.
02:50You better come too.
02:51Tell Higgins to take over.
02:52What's the name of this place?
02:53Orchard Cottage, sir.
02:54Orchard Cottage, sir.