Appointment with Venus (Original title)Island Rescue (Alternative title)
Dates: 1951 (Copyright), 29 October 1951 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Ralph Thomas
Synopsis: Drama. During the Second World War, the British govenment sends a group of soldiers and islanders to rescue Venus, a valued pedigree cow, from Armorel, a Channel Island, under German occupation.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Channel Islands, Occupation of territories, Cows
Releases
Date: 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8069 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v187 n13 28 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v18 n214 November 1951 Page: 360
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v18 n214 November 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v77 n6353 8 Oct 1951 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v77 n6353 8 Oct 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 Oct 1951
Title: [Variety - 24 Oct 1951: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Film materials(8)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7847 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-1113032
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-914993
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7013 FeetBFI identifier: C-516212
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 834 FeetStock date: 1986BFI identifier: C-514283
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 900 FeetBFI identifier: C-5000
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7178 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-5016
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeSound: MuteLength: 4004 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-5017
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: Mainly safetySound: MuteLength: 2996 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-5015
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1951 (Copyright), 29 October 1951 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Ralph Thomas
Synopsis: Drama. During the Second World War, the British govenment sends a group of soldiers and islanders to rescue Venus, a valued pedigree cow, from Armorel, a Channel Island, under German occupation.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Channel Islands, Occupation of territories, Cows
Releases
Date: 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8069 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(32)
©: British Film Makers Ltd., Presented by: J. Arthur Rank Film Productions, Distributed by: General Film Distributors, Produced by/A B.E.B. production: Betty E. Box, Associate Producer: Peter Rogers, Production Manager: Roy Goddard, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: George Pollock, Continuity: Tilly Day, Screenplay by: Nicholas Phipps, Story and Adaptation by: Jerrard Tickell, Director of Photography: Ernest Steward, Cameraman: H.A.R. Thomson, Special Effects: C. Staffell, Special Effects: Eric Gray, Special Effects: P. Guidobaldi, Editor: Gerald Thomas, Art Director: George Provis, Dress Supervisor: Joan Ellacott, Make-up: George Blackler, Make-up: Ernest Gasser, Hairdresser: Biddy Chrystal, Music Composed and Conducted by: Benjamin Frankel, Sound Recording: John W. Mitchell, Sound Recording: Gordon Mccallum, Recording [logo]: Western Electric, [1st Assistant Dubbing Mixer]: Peter T. Davies, Sound Editor: Kenneth Heeley-Ray, With thanks to the: The people of the Channel Islands, Made at: Pinewood Studios, logo: D&P Studios
Cast
(24)
David Niven (Major Valentine Morland), Glynis Johns (Nicola Fallaize), George Coulouris (Captain Weiss), Barry Jones (Provost), Kenneth More (Lionel Fallaize), Noel Purcell (Trawler Langley), Bernard Lee (brigadier), Jeremy Spenser (Georges), Martin Boddey (Sergeant Vogel), Patric Doonan (Sergeant Forbes), Nicholas Phipps (minister), Richard Wattis (higher exec), John Horsley (Kent), George Benson (senior clerk), David Horne (magistrate), Geoffrey Sumner (major), Raymond Young (Willson), Richard Marner (corporal), Herbert C. Walton (newsboy), Malcolm Farquhar (captain), Charles Cullum (general), Stanley Rose (workman), John Stratton, Peter Martyn (R.A.F. officer)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Motion Picture Herald v187 n13 28 Jun 1952 Page: 1426Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v187 n13 28 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v18 n214 November 1951 Page: 360
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v18 n214 November 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v77 n6353 8 Oct 1951 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v77 n6353 8 Oct 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 24 Oct 1951
Title: [Variety - 24 Oct 1951: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Film materials(8)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7847 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-1113032
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-914993
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 7013 FeetBFI identifier: C-516212
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 834 FeetStock date: 1986BFI identifier: C-514283
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 900 FeetBFI identifier: C-5000
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7178 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-5016
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeSound: MuteLength: 4004 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-5017
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: Mainly safetySound: MuteLength: 2996 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-5015
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status