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Appointment with Crime (Original title)999 (Alternative title)Nine Nine Nine (Alternative title)
Date: 04 November 1946 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: John Harlow

Synopsis: Leo Martin after serving a prison sentence for his share in a smash and grab raid, returns determined to revenge himself on the colleagues who let him down.

Genre:
Crime
Releases
Date: 1946Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8422 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (16)
Production Company: British National Films, Producer: Louis H. Jackson, Production Manager: Fred A. Swann, Assistant Director: Denis Johnson, Screenplay: John Harlow, Based on a story by: Michael Leighton, Director of Photography: James Wilson, Director of Photography: Gerald Moss, Editor: Monica Kimick, [1st Assistant Editor]: Peter Pitt, Art Director: R. Holmes-paul, Art Director: C. Wilfred Arnold, Wardrobe: Maude Churchill, Make-up: Harry Hayward, Sound Recording: Cecil V. Thornton
Cast (34)
William Hartnell (Leo Martin), Robert Beatty (Inspector Rogers), Joyce Howard (Carol Dane), Raymond Lovell (Loman), Herbert Lom (Gregory Lang), Alan Wheatley (Noel Penn), Cyril Smith (Sergeant Weeks), Elsie Wagstaffe (Mrs Wilkins), Ian Fleming (Prison Governor), Wally Patch (Joe Fisher), Ian Maclean (Detective Mason), Harry Lane (Big Mike), Frederick Morant (Harry Millerton), Ivor Barnard (Jonah Crackle), John Rorke (Casson The Butler), Ernest Butcher (John Brown), Kenneth Warrington (Winckle), Wilfrid Hyde White (Cleaner), Albert Chevalier (Spearman), Paul Croft (Dusty), Alfred A. Harris (Doctor At Hospital), Howard Douglas (Mr Quilp), James Robertson (Prison Governor), Gaston and Helen, Elizabeth Webb (Singer), Lew Stone and his Band, Buddy Featherstonehaugh and his Sextette, Joe Cunningham (Chief Prison Officer), Anders Timberg (Jerry Winters), H. Victor Weske (Hatchett), James Knight (Smokey), Andre Belhomme (Larry), Iris Hunter-Symon (Cashier), Percy Coyte (Hangman)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (4)
In: Today's Cinema v66 n5344 17 May 1946
Title: [Today's Cinema - v66 n5344 17 May 1946: no known title]Language: English

In: Motion Picture Herald v163 n11 15 Jun 1946
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v163 n11 15 Jun 1946: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v13 n149 May 1946  Page: 60
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v13 n149 May 1946: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n2040 23 May 1946
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2040 23 May 1946: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8132 FeetBFI identifier: C-5010
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)



Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8132 FeetBFI identifier: C-5010
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8450 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-5007
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 8550 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-5008
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8229 FeetStock date: 1984BFI identifier: C-5009
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 9050 FeetStock date: 1946BFI identifier: C-5006
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 950 FeetBFI identifier: C-5005
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film