Like a few other movies, I could name, "I See a Dark Stranger" (or "The Adventuress" as it was known in the USA in a cut 98 minutes version) simply cannot be classified. Film noir? Definitely.
Romance? Adventure? Espionage thriller? Comedy? All these too.
And what a superb gallery of players are assembled here, headed by Deborah Kerr (never more animated and certainly never more beautifully photographed), Trevor Howard (the ideal of an idealistic pursuer-in both senses of the word), and Raymond Huntley (at his most suavely villainous).
The only disappointment occurs in the casting of Garry Marsh and Tom Macaulay in roles originally designed for Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne (who refused to sign unless their parts were made larger).
Romance? Adventure? Espionage thriller? Comedy? All these too.
And what a superb gallery of players are assembled here, headed by Deborah Kerr (never more animated and certainly never more beautifully photographed), Trevor Howard (the ideal of an idealistic pursuer-in both senses of the word), and Raymond Huntley (at his most suavely villainous).
The only disappointment occurs in the casting of Garry Marsh and Tom Macaulay in roles originally designed for Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne (who refused to sign unless their parts were made larger).