This World War II melodrama mixes light comedy and romance with murder and mayhem and magic in an interesting anti-Nazi film that takes a little longer to get off the ground than I usually like. for young and innocent Phyllis Stanley, it's a night of Terror that starts off the film for her, leading her to find a corpse after being chased into a house, and ending up in cahoots with naval officer James Mason to solve the murder which brings her into a den of Nazi's and a nefarious scheme for an act of terror. Joyce Howard is flamboyant and glamorous as a singer whom Mason flirts with to get information, as well as Tom Walls as a sophisticated villain, a young David Farrar as a Scottish lieutenant, and Karel Stepanek as a sly magician.
Howard gets a few musical interludes, and it's not clear what Mason's intentions are with her or what her motivations are. Stanley also isn't sure of Mason's intentions for much of the film, and there are few moments when his accent points him out to be someone he does not obviously appear to be on the surface. That makes it a bit intriguing, if often confusing, but it wraps up nicely with a few surprises. Walls and Howard are particularly memorable, with terrific art Direction and photography, something I've become accustomed to when watching British films of the 1940's.
Howard gets a few musical interludes, and it's not clear what Mason's intentions are with her or what her motivations are. Stanley also isn't sure of Mason's intentions for much of the film, and there are few moments when his accent points him out to be someone he does not obviously appear to be on the surface. That makes it a bit intriguing, if often confusing, but it wraps up nicely with a few surprises. Walls and Howard are particularly memorable, with terrific art Direction and photography, something I've become accustomed to when watching British films of the 1940's.