Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
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Title: Bombsight Stolen (1941)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Leslie Banks | ... | John Barrington | |
| Jeanne De Casalis | ... | Mrs. Barrington | |
| Carla Lehmann | ... | Helen Barrington (as Carla Lehman) | |
| Alastair Sim | ... | Charles Dimble | |
| John Mills | ... | Flt·Lieut. Perry | |
| George Cole | ... | Ronald | |
| Michael Wilding | ... | Alan Trently | |
| Frank Cellier | ... | John Forest | |
| Muriel Aked | ... | Miss Fernery | |
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Wally Patch | ... | Evans |
| Muriel George | ... | Mrs. Trimm | |
| Hay Petrie | ... | Dr. Truscott | |
| Catherine Lacey | ... | Mrs. Stokes | |
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A wartime cottage on a Scottish estate becomes a focus of attention when not only the new tenant but a London evacuee and a downed fighter pilot all move in. The interest may not be unconnected with the fact that the landowner is also a key British military inventor. For a start, the butler is obviously a Scotland Yard flatfoot. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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Alan Trently: Oh, why?
Charles Dimble: This card just came for you. Swiss stamp and a very curious message.
Alan Trently: That's pretty cool nerve. Do you always read other people's letters?
Charles Dimble: Certainly not. This isn't a letter. It's a postcard. Postcards are fair game.
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The name and address of the Agents, McPhail and McPhail, 24 Angus Street, is an in-joke, referring to Screenwriter Angus MacPhail, but rather than leave them out altogether, the phone number and town have been blacked out. See more »Goofs
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Charles Dimble: I was looking for you.Alan Trently: Oh, why?
Charles Dimble: This card just came for you. Swiss stamp and a very curious message.
Alan Trently: That's pretty cool nerve. Do you always read other people's letters?
Charles Dimble: Certainly not. This isn't a letter. It's a postcard. Postcards are fair game.
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May 1943 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bombsight Stolen See more »Filming Locations:
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A cranky scientist is working on a new bomber sight for use against the Nazis. He's holed up in a cottage in Scotland so he can work in private.
However, the place turns into a bit of a circus, with more and more people turning up. Clearly, the Germans are after his invention. But who is the bad guy? The weird new lodger? The butler? The wounded pilot? The cook? And who is the GOOD guy, trying to foil the Nazi plot?
This is a light thriller, with some fine actors (Mills, Sim, and a teen-aged George Cole in his first role) and some good plot twists. But because of the vein of humor throughout, it's hard to get emotionally involved even when the good guys are in peril. There are some scenes reminiscent of Hitchcock (the auction, the barn scene, the hall of mirrors), but in his hands, they would have been truly tense.
This is definitely worth a watch, if you are a fan of British films of the WW2 era, or if you enjoy Alastair Sim as much as I do. But all considered, it's a thriller without much of a thrill.