Stolen Assignment
| Stolen Assignment | |
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British Lion Film Corporation (UK) | |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Stolen Assignment is a 1955 British
Act Films Ltd[3] and was a sequel to Fisher's Final Appointment (1954) , featuring sleuthing journalists Mike Billings and Jenny Drew.[4]
Cast
- John Bentley as Mike Billings
- Hy Hazell as Jenny Drew
- Eddie Byrne as Inspector Corcoran
- Patrick Holt as Henry Crossley
- Joyce Carey as Ida Garnett
- Kay Callard as Stella Watson
- Violet Gould as Mrs. Hudson
- Jessica Cairns as Marilyn Dawn
- Charles Farrell as Percy Simpson
- Michael Ellison as Danny Hudson
- Desmond Rayner as John Smith
- Graham Stuart as coroner
- Frank Forsyth as Dr Roberts
- Clement Hamelin as Seth Makepeace
- John Watson as plain clothes detective
- Raymond Rollett as desk sergeant
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Comedy thriller with a fragile plot and a rather heavy-handed line in humour. To their credit, the players do what they can with the undemanding material to hand. "[5]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Comedy-thriller would have done better to stick to the thrills; pretty bad."[6]
References
- ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "Stolen Assignment". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ISBN 0 9508993 0 5. ACT Films Limited - Ralph Bond p81 (producer listed as Francis Searle)
- ^ "Final Appointment 1954 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". www.britmovie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012.
- ^ "Stolen Assignment". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 22 (252): 156. 1 January 1955 – via ProQuest.
- ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
External links
- Stolen Assignment at IMDb
- Stolen Assignment then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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