They Met in the Dark

They Met in the Dark
French theatrical poster
Directed byKarel Lamač
Written byAnatole de Grunwald
Miles Malleson
Basil Bartlett
Victor McClure
James Seymour
Based onThe Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert
Produced byMarcel Hellman
StarringJames Mason
Joyce Howard
Tom Walls
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byWinifred Cooper
Terence Fisher
Music byBenjamin Frankel
Production
company
Excelsior Films
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 1 November 1943 (1943-11-01) (UK)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

They Met in the Dark is a 1943 British comedy thriller film directed by Karel Lamač and starring James Mason, Joyce Howard and Edward Rigby.[1] The screenplay concerns a cashiered Royal Naval officer and a young woman who join forces to solve a murder and hunt down a German spy ring.[2] The film features a single song sung by Phyllis Stanley, "Toddle Along" (Ben Frankel, Moira Heath).[3] The film is very loosely based on the 1941 novel The Vanishing Corpse by Anthony Gilbert.

It was shot at Teddington Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold.

  1. ^ "They Met in the Dark (1943) - Articles - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
  2. ^ "They Met in the Dark". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
  3. ^ "They Met In The Dark". TV Guide.