I would have loved to give I See A Dark Stranger a higher star rating than my 7 but it can't quite satisfy due to it's ambiguity. Is it it serious or not? For the most part it is a stylish noir thriller, only to leave me somewhat perplexed towards the end when it seems to lose it's way, but decide for yourself. The main plusses are some stylish camera angles, the black and white photography, lots of appearances by later well known actors before they were famous like Leslie Dwyer, Joan Hickson, David Tomlinson etc and most of all, a stunning star performance by Deborah Kerr who I couldn't take my eyes off. I grew up going to see her films but that was only from The King and I and that image of a rather staid stiff personality had stuck with me. She's never been more watchable than she is here, in a word, mesmerising.
Review of I See a Dark Stranger
