During the dark days of World War II, young Mary Tillet is bombed out of her home and forced to seek lodgings upstairs from a tobacconist. Her kindly but mysterious landlord, Jack Rawlings, attempts to transform the empty, web-strewn apartment into a home. After reading newspaper accounts of the βLondon Blackout Murders,β Mary is plagued by dread. Is her landlord a hero, or a sinister assassin? Taken as a period piece, the movie is a gem that briskly portrays the effects of wartime shortages, women in the workplace, and the moral ambiguity inherent in life-or-death situations. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 5.8/10 | |
Released: | January 15, 1943 | |
Runtime: | 59 min | |
Genres: | Drama Thriller Crime | |
Countries: | United States | |
Companies: | Republic Pictures (I) Republic Pictures | |
Cast: | John Abbott Lloyd Corrigan Mary McLeod | |
Crew: | Curt Siodmak George Sherman | |
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