Blind Date (Original title)Chance Meeting (Alternative title)
Dates: 1959 (Copyright), 21 September 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Joseph Losey
Synopsis: "Whodunnit" about a young and penniless Dutch painter whose brief, though hectic, encounter with a stylish woman nearly lands him on the gallows.
Genre: Police drama
Subject: Artists
Releases
Date: 1959not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8540 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1959 (Copyright), 21 September 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Joseph Losey
Synopsis: "Whodunnit" about a young and penniless Dutch painter whose brief, though hectic, encounter with a stylish woman nearly lands him on the gallows.
Genre: Police drama
Subject: Artists
Releases
Date: 1959not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8540 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(66)
©: Independent Artists [Production] Limited, Made by: Independent Artists, A Julian Wintle-Leslie Parkyn production: Julian Wintle, Leslie Parkyn, Produced by: David Deutsch, Production Manager: George Mills, Cashier: George Lawless, Producer's Secretary: Sheila Bagshaw, [1st] Assistant Director: René Dupont, 2nd Assistant Director: Charles Hammond, 3rd Assistant Director: Gus Angus, Continuity: Susan Dyson, Screenplay by: Ben Barzman, Millard Lampell, Based on the novel by: Leigh Howard, Photographed by: Christopher Challis, Camera Operator: John Harris, Focus Puller: Freddie Cooper, Clapper/Loader: Ian McMillan, Chief Electrician: E. Gubbins, Standby Chargehand Electrician: G. Coupe, Electrician: R. Gubbins, Electrician: J. Phillips, Electrician: P. Coldman, Electrician: C. Simmonds, Electrician: Jack Smart, Electrician: H. Lee, Electrician: S. Szopski, Camera Grip: Tom Watson, Stills Photographer: Ian Jeayes, Film Editor: Reginald Mills, Assistant Editor: Noreen Best, Assistant Editor: Harry Ledger, Assistant Editor: Juanita Oswin, Art Director: Harry Pottle, Art Director: Edward Carrick, Draughtsperson: Eric Saw, Property Buyer: Percy Godbold, Chargehand Props: Ernie Quick, Standby Props: W. Donald, Standby Stagehand: G. Bryan, Standby Painter: B. Flanagan, Standby Rigger: J. Tuff, Costumes: Morris Angel, Wardrobe: Vi Murray, Assistant Wardrobe: Jimmy Smith, Furs: Prager, Make Up: Trevor Crole-Rees, Hair Stylist: Maude Onslow, Titles: Richard Macdonald, Music Composed by: Richard Bennett, [Music] Conducted by: Malcolm Arnold, Sound Recordist: Len Page, Sound Camera Operator: George Rice, Boom Operator: Geoffrey Kidd, Sound Maintenance: Frank Sloggett, Camera Maintenance: Les Gray, Re-recording: Ken Cameron, Sound System: RCA, Sound Editor: Malcolm Cooke, Transport Manager: H.A. Predgen, Unit Car Driver: Mac McCarthy, Unit Publicist: Ruth Lipton, Publicity Secretary: Jane Royal, Made [at]: Beaconsfield Studios
Cast
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Hardy Kruger (Jan Van Rooyen), Stanley Baker (Inspector Morgan), Micheline Presle (Jacqueline Cousteau, 'Lady Fenton'), Robert Flemyng (Sir Brian Lewis), John Van Eyssen (Inspector Westover), Gordon Jackson (police sergeant), Jack MacGowran (postman), Redmond Phillips (police doctor), George Roubicek (police constable), Lee Montague (Sergeant Farrow), Christina Lubicz (the real Jacqueline Cousteau), Robert Crewdson